image link An orange billboard, festooned with strands of yellow straw, designed to swivel on a point greased with rancid lard. Gaslighter * He tweets it out at night The mean and callous type Something’s new, always different from before. Judging and spinning Ooh, maga’s cheer and lefties running for the door He flips the…
Month: September 2018
Don’t Talk to Strangers
image link Today, I took a 2-hour bike ride. I passed several people along the way. Most were also on their bikes; some were in their yards. As Mr. Rogers would say, it was, “a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” – I said hello to anyone close enough and looking my way. Only a few…
#OctPoWriMo2018 and more
https://media0.giphy.com/media/igrSs5Prw7AEo/giphy.gif OCTOBER WRITE POETRY MONTH 2018! October Write Poetry Month 2018 is coming up. I participated in the 2017 one and found it very enjoyable. At first it was daunting thinking about coming up with a brand new poem every day for 31 days. It was a challenge, and I discovered I was up to…
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
image link When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. You make lemonade, or in the protagonist’s case in the film, “You were Never Really Here”, a bloodbath wherever you go. Joaquin Phoenix plays Joe, a character who struggles with a reality that is liberally sprinkled with flashbacks of abuse, neglect, and soul-crunching trauma. What…
Apology
When I joined WP July 2017, there were no issues with me “liking” and commenting on the blogs of the individuals I follow. This user-friendliness continued until January of 2018. I was on break from WP from then until 2-4 weeks or so ago. Now that I am back, writing, reading, liking, and commenting, there…
The Birth of Religion
image link Aquarium meditation percolates this and that to the surface. One thought leads to another, as thoughts are wont to do. Many times they are about the fish and the way of fish in an aquarium. The thought trail begins as such. One-sided relationships. Me, watching fish in the aquarium. I watch them and…
Tao Talk 
