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The Blackout

The streets are filled with idle, itching hands, their owners on the prowl in vain pursuit of some pastime to fill the vacant hours in darkened rooms enswamped with summer heat. Without their cellphones, TV sets and games, and fast-food … Continue reading

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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

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the thin kings of aboutness

From Part I: backward broken pushed against the known, each awaiting defamation, two armies fought and fled their thin kings waiting down among the rushes forward spoken harsh against the wind, each a summons hoarse men whispered plans and expectations … Continue reading

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What’s in a Pseudonym?

A lot of my online friends don’t use their real names. They do this for a number of reasons. For those of the neopagan persuation, it’s a way to keep one foot in the closet, so to speak. We are, … Continue reading

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Such Times Are These

Such times are these that rich men gloat to turn great woods to creosote and laugh to see the world take note as style takes substance by the throat. Such times are these that poor men work their fingers fleshless … Continue reading

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Who Says That Poetry Dare Not

Who says that poetry dare not describe, except in abstract, the signs of the times, when modern culture abounds with sound bytes from cinema, like Puzo’s line that all business is personal, and we hang with pride by electron pins … Continue reading

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When They Come for Us, Who Will Protest?

Against such foes as ignorance and greed what good are merely human flesh and bone? In which fierce battles waged to rule the soul of a proud nation shall the victor be its best and brightest minds, its stoutest hearts, … Continue reading

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