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Situations

Situation Number One: It’s the one that’s just begun, But evidently it’s too late. Situation Number Two: It’s the only chance for you. It’s controlled by denizens of hate. Situation Number Three: It’s the one that no one sees. It’s all too often dismissed as fate. Situation Number Four: The one that left you wanting […]

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Enjoy the Silence

Vows are spoken to be broken. Feelings are intense. Words are trivial. Pleasures remain. So does the pain. The move to the new house is near completion.  Most of my life’s belongings are unpacked and placed at their arbitrarily decided new location, where they will remain until I decide to move again and pack them […]

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California, Rest in Peace

I hate moving. Since my initial move out of Southern California I have moved 10 additional times. That is WAY too many times, especially considering I only moved out 5 years ago. That is an average of 2 moves per year. Ridiculous. I just finished my 10th move a couple weeks ago. Pretty much got […]

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Traffic in the Sky

There’s traffic in the sky And it doesn’t seem to be getting much better There’s kids playing games on the pavement Drawing waves on the pavement Shadows of the planes on the pavement It’s enough to make me cry But that don’t seem like it would make it feel better Maybe it’s a dream and […]

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Between a Bullet and a Target

I have moved out of that house. That door is closed. The final chapter has been written. The book has been published and then immediately tossed into the flames. The burning embers are all that’s left from that time of my life. This is not the first time that I have gladly left a situation […]

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What’s My Age Again?

I have a tendency to not want to stay in the same place for over a year. This is not in any way a conscious decision. I do not intentionally go “Hey, I have been here too long, maybe it’s time for me to go”… but that is what ends up happening. I was in […]

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Smell like Teen Spirit

With the lights out it’s less dangerous Here we are now Entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now Entertain us Over a period of eight months I have moved five times. The first three moves were quite unpleasant. I moved out of my apartment in Draper to live with my friend […]