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Ride the Light

Ride the Light

In the end
all that it took
was a solitary
persistent sunbeam
that somehow...

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The 30th Anniversary Of...

I graduated from high school 30 years ago today on June 21, 1995

The 30th Anniversary Of Graduating From High School

I dropped out of high school in August of 1986.
In 1993, that was a mistake that I decided to fix....

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The 40th Anniversary Of...

Dedicated to Ettore Boiardi (1897-1985) who died on June 21,...

The 40th Anniversary Of Chef Boyardee's Death

He was a terrific and skilled Italian chef.
Forty years ago, he took his final breath.
On...

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HUMANS DON'T DESERVE ....

HUMANS DON'T DESERVE . . . . . .

I gave you all a beautiful world and what did you do?
you fucked it up with continual disasters in...

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Nothing

Broken

Nothing

Some say I'm strong,
But I am breaking,
Life leaves me shaking.

Some look at me and...

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THE DIFFERENCE

THE DIFFERENCE

It's easy to imagine what it would have been like if they did it right...

It's easy to imagine if...

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Finally

Finally

I finally got my privacy
some people never do
Many things can drive you insane
Even...

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Summer Solstice 2025

Summer Solstice 2025

Friday, June twentieth
at 10:42 Post Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's...

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GAY OVERLOAD

GAY OVERLOAD

When you don't have DTS you have this Syndrome...

Meeting someone sight unseen through the Internet...

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Enlightenment

Enlightenment

Enlightenment

Poetry ensures that
each poem
you invest in
provides solace...

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Ŵhere echoes break (for...

Ŵhere echoes break (for piano violin duet)

Silence shattered with your goodbye,

like glass falling into my soul,

and the wind,...

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GIVE THE SAME CHANCE

GIVE THE SAME CHANCE

Give the same amount of time you gave to Satan...

You want it fixed yesterday...

You hadn't...

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Skating

Skating

Skating.
Skating
on the
surface
of a
bottomless
pond.
...

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STAND FOR NOTHING FALL FOR...

STAND FOR NOTHING FALL FOR EVERYTHING

You wanted to be taken seriously?

When asked...

You didn't know what you were fighting for...

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TRYING TO SAVE THE HOUSE OF...

TRYING TO SAVE THE HOUSE OF THE MOUSE?

When it wasn't broke...

They broke it...

Now, they want to fix it?

Doesn't it seem...

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One Of My Most Favourite...

One Of My Most Favourite Questions

Have you ever met anyone
who you immediately thought
Is from a different planet?
...

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Unbearable images

Unbearable images

Unbearable images.

It's not good to look through your window just before going to bed...

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