(In the style of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” with a wink and a nod to Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit From St. Nicholas”) It’s close to midnight and something jolly’s circling the houseUnder the moonlight, not a creature stirring, not even a mouseYou take a peak but the kids are still nestled snug in bedThey startContinue reading “‘Twas the Thrill Before Christmas”
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Entropy Bus
This morning on my otherwise chilly bike ride I found myself paced by a school bus for nearly half a mile and it occurred to me that this is a perfect metaphor for both my literal and figurative ride through life. There, sitting at the front of the bus so the driver can keep aContinue reading “Entropy Bus”
Ease and Eves
If you can’t see the forest for the trees You won’t see the tree for its leaves Myopic dysphoria becomes the bigger disease When the dreamer only sees what he believes There’s no glory picking fleas off bigger fleas Futility kills what you hope to achieve With fetid fate indifferent to your pleas Murdered potentialContinue reading “Ease and Eves”
The Train Perspective
The problem with internet debates is that we all bring a caravan of personal experiences in tow yet only ever make visible one point. It’s like trying to judge the length of a train head-on. All it takes is a small shift in perspective to see that the train is either just an engine orContinue reading “The Train Perspective”
Me2
The systemic and pervasive indoctrination of the male entitled mindset into the collective is one of the greatest failures of modern society. The flagrant disregard for half of our population under the auspice of male entitlement is beyond infuriating. It speaks to an evolutionary aberration where minds capable of empathy and reason came to beContinue reading “Me2”
Face The Sun
Light yawns slowly awakePalm trees gently swayMorning chokes the hazeDampness burns away Eastern thermals churnBreezes chase the coldWarmness eases inInvigorates the bold Dormant creatures stirNature sighs awakeNight shrugs off its mantleMoonlight flees the lake Sound replaces silenceStillness goes astrayDark dissolves to sunriseBlackness bleeds to gray One final gasp of nightExhales and dawn is doneRadiance awaitsContinue reading “Face The Sun”
Kill Code
Every time someone takes their life they leave in their wake questioning masses left to wonder why they hadn’t seen it coming. We rationalize ourselves ragged about what we could have done, what we might have seen, what we could have said and what possibly could have been done to prevent this tragedy because SURELYContinue reading “Kill Code”
Apoplexia
Perhaps soon we’ll just become numb to this. Maybe one day my grandchildren will be brought up to just expect murder and mayhem of this magnitude. Be shocked when a school doesn’t get shot up. Stories of the safety and comfort of the past will fade into lore and be regarded with detached indifference likeContinue reading “Apoplexia”
On Parenthood
Parenthood is but a series of finish lines, each giving way to the next. First steps beget first words. First day of school, first crush. First heartbreak, first car. First degree, first rest of their lives. All we can do is provide our recipe for happiness and hope its enough. In the end I’ll haveContinue reading “On Parenthood”
Ephemera
So it’s not breaking news that my baby just turned 18, and as the progression of time insists on marching arrogantly on, so to does my status as “parent of children” shift. I’ve seen this coming for some time and like the weatherman unable to prevent it, I’m now staring down the eye of aContinue reading “Ephemera”
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