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I once had a cat Six toes at that He liked to sip my gin That’s where this begins He was old, fat and furry And his eyes always blurry ..

Defiance, denial, caustic and vain, so long he's carried this cynical chain. What leads him to kneel in this torn weathered pew? Dare he ask ..

“THOSE THAT ENTER �" MAY NOT RETURN” I paid no attention to the sign outside the door and bravely entered. Besides, in..

I remember the summer was hot, hot as hell. But I had ball to play and Kool-Aid to drink. What more could a guy want? Surely not some dumb nut-br..

"A thousand screams I save for you. The artist imagines what could be true" He was the kind of man Who wouldn’t harm a fly Abstra..

What do you do When taboo fills you You do what you do In life you be true You steal for a feel You pay for what’s real You eat the who..

On The Beach Character #1 - John McGinnis a surly 50-something marketing VP for a children’s book publishing company. McGinnis, divorced,..

“Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo, I do believe it, I do believe its true.” - Simon & Garfunkle Some call me re..

"It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and hum..

Sunken eyes Darkened hollows Of pocked poured concrete Stare stoicly, sadly With unblinking defiance Knowing, she is The prized possession In h..