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Predators
Predators A mountain lion was recently hit by a car near here. Drivers stopped and watched the juvenile cat, which lay in the middle of the road. Eventually, stunned but unhurt, it stood up and bolted for the woods. As … Continue reading
“Hansel and Gretel”
Hansel and Gretel I walked through the LaVista Park woods yesterday. It was easy to get distracted, by birds, strange animal sounds coming from the trees, the people walking their dogs. And new this year, the disc golf course, where … Continue reading
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Sorry
Sorry Empty room walls painted white. No windows. A door across from me. I lie on the floor. Ewing Baldwin, holding two cans of beer, swigs one, crushes the can and tosses it, watches me. He puts the unopened beer … Continue reading
Gifter
Gifter From just after eight o’ clock this morning until sunset, the male, red-bellied woodpecker who lives with his spouse and kids in a tree in my front yard, worked the birdfeeder in the dogwood tree. Every third visit, the … Continue reading
The Waitress
The Waitress She is young, African American, and she’s exhausted. The restaurant where she waits tables had a stove malfunction, and customers are getting impatient. She keeps walking to my table and apologizing, and I keep reassuring her: it’s okay, … Continue reading
“The ‘Book of Mark’, Prince James Version”
“The ‘Book of Mark’, Prince James Version” I had been doing extensive research in the archives of Yale University’s “The Religionist Records,” on the origins of the New Testament. I came upon a manuscript called, The Holy Bible: Prince James … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Bethlehem, Goldfinger, ibex, Jesus, Joseph and Mary, Santa, sheep. goats, TikTok
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James Son of James
James Son of James Rain falls at 4 a.m., December 8, And I stand and soak and shiver Alone in the pre-dawn darkness. It is so much easier to cry, in rain: Am I the old man sliding across … Continue reading
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Book It
Book It Missouri Attorney General Jay Ashcroft, a Republican, is proposing banning books that he fears might, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “appeal to the sexual interests of minors.” The commies from the ACLU are fighting him. Were I … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashcroft, Ayn Rand, Hawaii, James Michener, Lady Chatterley's Lover, myrrh, Nancy Drew, Song of Solomon
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270 Words
270 Words I was driving east on Alton’s beltway headed for the mall library? when a ginormous white teen boy and his tiny black girlfriend calmly held hands and stepped onto the highway and crossed not looking left or right? … Continue reading