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Tag Archives: power
blessing – June 23
6.23.2018 Isaac reached out his hand and set the words free, powering of their own changing things forever no taking them back. bless them in their joys and in their sorrows, I said, in their life and in their … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, emotion, family, fathers and sons, marriage, objective reality, power, sacraments, symbol, words
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sextuplet marriage – June 23
6.24.2106 sextuplet marriage. it’s all just flavors of ice cream. really. I thought we had a good thing going when we could make it work with that just one other. —————-
old cat moves – February 29
2.29.2016 old cat meows at the dish her bony back squeaking as she walks dull grey cataracts moon disking in her eyes but still queen of the house. ———————-
winding road north – January 7
1.7.2016 winding road north along gitchi-gami through trails and tales of years gone by salted fish, potato cooked simple salt, pepper a touch, and water from the lake unfiltered like the sound off the shoreline, winds strong over … Continue reading
tough texas tessies – October 7
10.7.2015 what ladies were these who rode out from austin to confront texas rangers on on the pampas that day mommas, daughters tough shooting launderers knowing their wanderers wouldn’t get away what did they tell ‘em or yell … Continue reading
epitaph for a black life – October 1
10.1.2015 raw power liquid recall words flow through a brain fixed upon its subject. rodney king come home. —————–
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Tagged black lives, power, presence, race, racial inequality, Rodney King, theater
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Akaka Falls – May 6
5.6.2015 [Akaka Falls] knees buckle, arms quake, head ducks in terror at nature’s height primate, primitive instinct pulls one lower to ground, feet splayed head hunched, arms akimbo, hands clenching whatever is graspable, the eyes barely able to raise … Continue reading
force majeure – April 30
4.30.2015 [force majeure] cat lies in the center of the room that we get to wander by and into but only if we don’t thump too loudly. ——————
he’s washing the dishes – June 15
6.15 he’s washing the dishes. a man shouldn’t do that. it’s embarrassing. the other kid’s dad’s don’t. it’s women’s work. I hide my head. I stand at the sink now years later and see my mother’s hands raw, cracked, … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, dad, expectations, fathers, grace, growth, humility, power, regrets
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miss piggy pants – January 7
1.7.2014 miss piggy pants strolls across the floor, queen of all that she surveys and all that can come within the rasp of her claws. tobey dog wisely backs off whenever she gives him the eye of death. he … Continue reading
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Tagged Cats, claims, discretion, dogs, hierarchy, nature, pecking order, power, retreat, royalty, threat
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