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We were born on a prayer wheel suspended between the Hoodoo Pillars. Our hearts fluttered like beautiful twin omens, our legs were drawn up to our bony chests. The midwife examined our webbed feet and the loose skin behind our necks and pronounced us bird-headed dwarfs. Our eyes were deep reservoirs of things not yet plead ( Read more... ) -
Sticks and Stones
My father was a walking stick with a walrus tusk for a head. He was marred by beavers and plucked from the banks of the Missouri river ( Read more... ) -
Life in Modern-Day Burma
Trigger Warning - post contains descriptions of violence, including sexual violence ( Read more... ) -
12 things that I wish I had known at 25
By Rev. James Martin - Catholic priest and author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything
"For a lark yesterday, on my 50th birthday, I Tweeted 12 things that I wish I had known at 25. Or more accurately, 12 things that, had I put them into action, would have made my life a lot easier. Some are bits of advice that wisdom figures have told me ( Read more... ) -
Short Story Anthologies
On the prowl for good short stories. Started with The Best American Short Stories 2011 edited by Geraldine Brooks, lost interest after reading the first two stories.....I was reading it on Kindle and got pissed off at the typos in the Kindle version. I became convinced that some pages were out of order in one of the stories so I went to Barnes & ( Read more... ) -
In a Tree House | Hafiz
Light
Will someday split you open
Even if your life is now a cage,
For a divine seed, the crown of destiny,
Is hidden and sown on an ancient fertile plain
You hold the title to.
Love will surely bust you wide open
Into an unfettered, blooming new galaxy
Even if your mind is now
A spoiled mule.
A life giving radiance will come,
The Friend's ( Read more... ) -
Travelling Travesty
Week eight entry for therealljidol
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I stood on the grassy meridian bordering a Marathon gas station on the edge of Ft. Wayne Indiana, holding a small card board sign with the word “WEST” scribbled onto it. My ( Read more... ) -
Bupkis
Week seven entry fortherealljidol
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Winter, my bitter rind ( Read more... ) -
These Have to be Documented, You Know....
ME: "You're going to bed now?!? It's only 7:30 pm!"
BF: "I'm tired. I barely got any sleep at work today."
