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I write words, I sometimes get to perform them out, sometimes I'm even paid. And I'm trying to get it right, get it right.
with enough repetition, your flaws become your style
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no16 in idea barrages
1.) Morning talk radio was never very good but now it’s invariably just two jack-offs and one jill-off laughing at themselves as they summarize the “wacky” stories on social media three days prev...
its beginning to look a lot in poetry
we’re not saying that we’re SURPRISED its snowing in Northern NY in November we’re just stating it’s terrible that it is which is completely and utterly true if you got kicked in the nuts ...
the deep end in poetry
I tell the lady “I’ll have the chicken on this terrible fast food salad GRILLED thankyouverymuch” always makes me feel like an Olympic sprinter “salad dressing? How about LITE VINAIGRETTE?” ...
the thing about this time of year early november when the snows have come but haven’t stuck around for good thusfar is those few green things that haven’t wilted yet that aren’t hanging in a...
no15 in idea barrages
1.) And then there is of course Slanderman who terrorizes the internet by intentionally confusing libel and slander, driving word sticklers up a goddamn wall. 2.) Am I singing a version of Anthra...
the math (such as it is) in poetry
the remainder, indivisible that which gets left behind because it didn’t know how to divide Solomon’s kids left out to writhe exposed to wolves and snow and rain as none would deign to forsake...
your tired in poetry
her blazing copper shine oxidized rusted into a sea-green over time slowly succumbed to the very air liberty reacting to the world around it to the people who will always come along on...
no14 in idea barrages
1.) Fire departments are another piece of evidence that mixed-model economics works, that necessary services like fire, roads, schools, police, utilities, military & medicine need to be publi...
no13 in idea barrages
1.) I hate that risotto balls are called “Arancini” because “risotto balls” would be a great insult if only the phrase were more popular. 2.) Whenever possible, intentionally misspell “Bulgaria” ...
no12 in idea barrages
1.) “I’m not saying I’m a genius or that I have all the answers,” said the wise but humble veteran proctologist, “but I can tell you that in my day I’ve seen some shit.” 2.) Remember: the most an...
no11 in idea barrages
1.) Your nerdy BBQ sauce will be called Magic The Slathering. 2.) We’re not saying we’re SURPRISED its showing in Northern NY in November, we’re just starting that it is terrible that it is, whic...
no10 in idea barrages
1.) Eventually The Thing’s marriage fell apart, eventually she started taking him for granite. 2.) He doesn’t like being called a “Brony” he prefers to say he’s “looking for a stable relationship...
keyword: abyss, title: lucky me in "the next big thing" flash fiction
Just about any Denny’s, there’s generally a claw machine game somewhere near the front of the house. You know, you put in a quarter, these days as much as a dollar and get twenty seconds to posit...
no9 in idea barrages
1.) Current song I sing to Ollie the dog: a version of Eleanor Rigby called “Oliver Fatty”. 2.) Distance from information on the instant is a rare and precious commodity these days. 3.) Call you...
they say the devil’s at the crossroads they say that God will stop at city’s edge they say the headless horseman stops after the bridge that all the code is hidden in the the crosswords the t...
papertrail in poetry
there is no more reinvention now no more evolution or rebirth now social media has seen to that whoever you were at twelve is who you’re stuck with being the electric receipts of your e...
in mourning, time loses meaning or at least time’s passage does holidays become mere changes in the front window’s decorations seasons become mere changes in the patterns of the ...
no8 in idea barrages
1.) Low-carb “pizza” snack: pepperoni sticks, string cheese, low-sodium V8. This is my life now. 2.) We’ve whittled down the American dream to “not dying homeless”. It’s a hell of a thing and it ...
no7 in idea barrages
1.) Low-Carb Lifestyle Lifehack: frizzled onions don’t just have to go on green bean cassarole. Eat ‘em like chips, if you’re desperate enough! 2.) Tomorrow: the last day of calls and texts by po...
no6 in idea barrages
1.) One of the secret ingredients in Gandalf’s pipe-weed blend is elvish parsley. 2.) People these days will get all hot and bothered over sexy Draculas or sexy Wolfmen but almost no one will put...
nov5 in idea barrages
1.) Freudy Krueger… he’ll analyze your dreams TO DEATH. 2.) I’m just a somewhat fat guy, looking into a mirror and singing “GET UP, c’mon GET DOWN WITH MY THICKNESS, GET UP c’mon GET DOWN WITH MY...
key word: montage, title: the opposite of elephants in "the next big thing" flash fiction
Mark Twain once said “if you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes” or maybe he didn’t. Maybe someone said it first but because he was famous it was remembered as his alo...
ditmars station in poetry
I have no way with which to describe how much I’d rather be in Astoria breathing city air and feeling alive telling tales of back here while in Astoria make like William Outerboroughs...
nov4 in idea barrages
1.) Why billionaires waste their fortunes on political grudges instead of, like, paying to have the Dudley Moore film ARTHUR remade with the characters from the PBS kids show ARTHUR is beyond me....
no3 in idea barrages
1.) I wonder how many people tried smoking actual bath salts when they heard of drugs colloquially called “bath salts” and I wonder how it worked out for them. 2.) Sometimes I think Ollie doesn’t...
