This Fleeting Life
In the darkness a stealthy mouse creeps across the creaking floor, softly squeaking to the sagging boards that rot and fall. In the darkness by the…
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Holidays
The revelry goes on mostly fueled by liquor, drugs, more than good feelings, celebrants ignorant of what they’re celebrating, a socially approved excuse to get drunk,…
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Downsized
Once I had a job, a nice house my family liked. We didn't have much, but we were happy. The Great Recession struck and I lost…
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Emergency Room
I feel sick. I have trouble breathing. I rush to the emergency room. They make me wait. I sit for twenty minutes on a stained plastic…
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Yesteryears
Winter storms rarely paralyze modern cities, advance forecasting, snow removal equipment, early public alerts insure continued functioning, except when crippling winds shatter the power grid leaving…
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Bleeding City
In our youth we worked hard, built a splendid city, did not know our masters were fickle and would take away what we earned, disposing of…