Monthly Archives: July 2025

1285 AT LEAST SOMETHING’S SURE 07-23-25

Everyone who was 50 when I was 20 is definitely dead. Everyone who was 60 when I was 50 is probably dead. 50% of my college roommates, (as of last Saturday when Walter wandered away, unexpectedly), are dead. I’ve been … Continue reading

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1284 INCONSEQUENCIALITY…. 07-21-25 (I don’t usually write politically themed poetry. I am not sure this can even be construed AS poetry. But all these big words! They’re just toooo much fun to ignore!)

……a big, eight syllable word meaning “next to nothing”. To “not matter”. To be “of no meaningful substance.” To “be unable to produce any effect on anything”. To ” only take up only the space of only what its mass … Continue reading

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1283 SOMEWHERE ELSE WITH YOU 07-19-25

Somewhere out there is a planet where the sun sets in the East and during bright day light, the inhabitants sleep. For them, the dark of night is the right time for living. When all the sharp shades of glaring … Continue reading

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1282 JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT 07-18-25

When you avocation is your vocation your life is a vacation! So find your calling before you find your career. And if you want to write poems more than anything else in the whole wide world, but you also like … Continue reading

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1281 DEATH AND AN OLD MANS LOVE OF FRAZZLED BALONY 07-11-25

I’m not moving anything of hers. Nothing. Not her silk and lace undies, mixed, haphazard, among my boxers, her sexy idea of “Fashionista Foreplay” in the top drawer of my dresser. No, not even her photo on my wicker bed-stand. … Continue reading

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1280 SAND 07-06-25

When did the sand in the hour glass cease to be my benefactor, blessing me with bounties, boons made by simply me becoming me, balanced by the running out of time? A first truth about life, discovered but unsought at … Continue reading

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1279 FRANKIE’S ENGLISH REGENTS ESSAY 06-30-24

Just because you’re in Special Ed. don’t mean you can’t get a Regents diploma. Dat’s what dey told me. My special Ed teacher, Ms. T. (she’s in the room I goes to for extra help) and the Aid-lady, Mrs. Milano, … Continue reading

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