January 2008
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You Know What Else Children Don't Know...
It used to be that children didn’t know the stresses of adulthood, the pressure of society, expectations. Children didn’t have to know about sex, violence, and drugs. But now it seems that kids know everything. In our effort to make them aware of the world, we’ve only corrupted their innocence. Children don’t know how to be children anymore. The yard has become the yard,...
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Rinse and Release (or The Shower)
Man’s sanctuary, the shower. It’s one of the only places where a person can be completely vulnerable, yet be so comfortable. Being naked, we release the core of our very being, by brushing off our worn and calloused shield. In the shower, we can wash away the dirt of the world around us and unblot the pages of our spotted minds. The shower is our own private place, where we...
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Words and Numbers
Here rests the pen. In my hands, ready to live valiantly and fight in a battle of words and numbers. My words against his numbers. There I sat staring at his hairline as he bent his head to look at one through nine in various lines, in various orders, at various times. He said he wanted to spend time with me. I thought it would be different this time, that I wouldn’t have to imagine his...