Naked Truth

I’ve been this way before, different time and different place, alone, outside and lonely, amongst so many friends, searching for a newness amongst the same old thing. Was first as a child not past the first grade, my heart was hollowed out from the core as with a clade, and left to dry – I…

Somewhere down near lower Greenville Avenue an unusual Saturday night was brought to life with sights and sounds not normally seen by the owners and patrons of that street. A hard rain fell on the strip, limbs and leaves tossed in the wind, and party goers rushed from their cars to seek refuge in the…

There is blood on the sidewalk. There, just outside the door. Blood, red, a pool that is still moist and it spreads – dripping over the curb. This is not metaphoric blood – the blood of a nation or of a cause. It is not the blood of innocent babies plucked from the safety of…

We gather and sit on cold plastic chairs; molded recycled waste. We sip our hot social drinks full bodied or flavored to taste. We fill the air with smoke and lies, across the room we speak with eyes endless tales of wasted livesv in our plastic race; molded recycled waste. © All Rights Reserved

The first thing I wanted to do on the day that I turned forty-three, was to say that I was fifty-seven and watch your eyes roll to the heavens, and listen as you boldly proclaim “My, don’t you look good for your age.” © All Rights Reserved

Waxen flame feeding on itself, Destroying the source of its life. Casting small shadows on the shelf, Burning itself out through the night. How am I different from that flame? Consuming everything in reach. Flickering flame and I: the same. I watch, and let the flame teach. © All Rights Reserved This is a companion…