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Counterpoint: Domestic Strife and Miles ’64
A flurry of words assaults the ear as she storms back in the room, alto voice filling the space left by the withering blast of the horn; the false lull breaks as the drum, relentless, kicks forward the time, and … Continue reading
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Tagged arguments, domestic relations, logic, Miles Davis, partnerships, relationships, strife
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With an Unarmed Foe
You call those claws? Withdraw those nubs, and come back when your talons grow; I have no time to make retort against the feeble likes of you. You say the world agrees with you? Well, that just proves the world … Continue reading
Volume is no substitute
Volume is no substitute for power; It’s not the loudest shouts that prove most true. These sounds that shake foundations may undo in minutes what took builders countless hours, but mere feats of destruction can’t compete with the small, quiet … Continue reading
Recrimination
I could dredge up every wrong and each intentioned slight to catalog the way the world has hurt me, or just might and in that laundry list of ills imagined, or in fact, find solace in a victim’s role to … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, anger, arguments, blame, politics, responsibility, suffering, words, wrong
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For Stephen Stills
We have become so polarized. The lines are drawn so black and thick between each side, the pickets filled with stark and ugly words that only emphasize a hate that grows when one’s own thoughts have turned to stone fit … Continue reading
Counterpoint: Domestic Strife and Miles ’64
A flurry of words assaults the ear as she storms back in the room, alto voice filling the space left by the withering blast of the horn; the false lull breaks as the drum, relentless, kicks forward the time, and … Continue reading
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Tagged arguments, disregard, improvisation, Miles Davis, relationships, silence
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