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The Jam

Posted on June 4, 2015 by John

Don’t ask me what I’m thinking unless you want to know. Don’t ask me where I’m headed if you aren’t prepared to go. Don’t tell me where I’m headed if you’ve got no proof it’s so. Don’t act like your … Continue reading →

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Somnambulism in the Rain

Posted on August 4, 2014 by John

Conducting one’s life outside the immediacy of meatspace is ALMOST as exhausting as if one had to actually physically travel to conduct conversations with one’s geographically far-flung “friends” in the flesh. I’m so tired of the forced interaction and the … Continue reading →

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Ground Zero

Posted on September 17, 2009 by John

What conversation would you like rejoined,pretending that no years have intervenedand that the cares we once thought so immensestill weigh in at their same old magnitude,when those long idle hours spent in talkwith no intent except to measure timewith Prufrock’s … Continue reading →

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Conversation with a Mirror

Posted on May 22, 2007 by John

I said, “Before I write another word and send it, helpless, out into the void, I’d like to find a topic less absurd than how the world leaves me only annoyed when I encounter it each passing day; it does … Continue reading →

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Let the Other Fellow Be

Posted on December 30, 2005 by John

I don’t talk politics down at the honky-tonk; doesn’t seem to make much sense to me: stirring up a hornet’s nest with some of ol’ Milwaukee’s best and finding out just where we disagree. We both want the same things, … Continue reading →

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The Camel in the Room

Posted on July 12, 2005 by John

Tonight, I answered questions from a survey-taking girl who wished to know where I weighed in on God’s place in the world. The purpose for the questions seemed to me a bit unclear; more fodder for pro-Christian ranting or control, … Continue reading →

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Preparation for the journey

Posted on May 24, 2005 by John

What is required of me, that you will listen and subsequently think on what I’ve said? No matter how inane a task, my mission will be to fulfill that desire, instead of simply guessing what you like to read then … Continue reading →

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