This Blue Monk

From the cell: words, pictures, cup of the day.  Latest book: Based on Imaginary Events. Also the author of Briefs, Release, Is it I, Rabbi?, In Domestic News, the Recital Notes series, and Music for Arguments.

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Interview with an Artist

You are deep, an artist, and you are being discovered, finally.

My little story was published at Sudden Flash. Enjoy.

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"hanging on beats hanging"

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cicadas

falling and Rising like a going yet Coming Alarm the cicadas drone and cry perhaps Sing

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Knowing Mom

Watching a crime documentary recently made me wonder a few things about my mother, who was not a criminal, but I guess could have been.

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cat curled on the couch do you hear the wind chime in your safe sleep

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"ruins"

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red dragonfly darts diving through deep green leaves summer won’t catch you

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Are there any plans today?

Even the most sainted caregivers have moments of impatience and unkindness, usually after keeping their thoughts and feelings to themselves

New blog post.

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"slightly wild"

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Let's have a good match. I'm ready.

Hopefully the orange man won't show up or otherwise ruin it.

Hopefully someday we can live in such a world that the rich will not ruin a simple game. Or our other passions.

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i’m not drunk, just coming apart

uncooperative hands pressing unwanted buttons mashing screens in the wrong places deaf legs won’t move unless i say it thrice and loud “let’s go, dammit” brain clumsy with words i know like the backside of my hands (i think)

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In the Backyard with Oliver

There is at least one chicken in the yard next door making his presence known with loud squawks, the others murmuring low.

New post.

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I hope your Friday goes peacefully and lovingly.

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"by the creek, after rain"

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reflection in which i don't see me

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"but ballrooms go on"

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seems like he’s trying to beat the light this crow struggling to lift black weight against the heat of these cars at intersections