The mildly abrasive, warm, yellow sands stretch out to the limits of my vision, and tickle calloused feet as I squeeze and release chunks of sand between my, supposedly longer than normal, toes. I am tenuously holding between thumb, index finger, and middle of my right hand, a flimsy plastic trowel. A pail, no larger than a […]
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The Great Deceit of Fishing
I do not enjoy fishing. I have never had a burning compulsion to stand on the shore of a placid lake, bait my hook, and launch into the aquatic mirror my rivulet-causing projectile. This endeavor always seemed a waste of time. All of the time spent anticipating the hypothetical tension when hook makes purchase with […]
Given to sleep and despair
Have you ever lain in bed, And breathed in a day, That made you choke on the night? Have you ever closed your eyes, wishing that everything you’d seen in your day, would be completely undone? Have you felt that your pillow, soft and reassuring against your cheek, was the most comforting thing […]
Old? Or Old School?
When I was very young, my friends and I would gather at unchaperoned locations and drink. After procuring quantities of alcohol and a vacant abode, we would gather and have a party. On one such occasion, my friends and I found ourselves unable to consume all the booze that had been acquired. Since we couldn’t stash […]
DDD
The bourbon barrel aged beer is a highly sought after delicacy in the craft beer world. Many companies have their own version of this style. However, the reality is that not all are excellent offerings. Those barrel-aged brews that are deemed of the highest caliber are naturally those in greatest demand. While I contend, from […]
Retraction
Here was my hand, given to you years before. An apology came from my mouth in tandem with this extension, though I’d no prior offering from you. Acceptable terms were met. And we carried on as friends. Until, times became more turbulent. And conflicts became too volatile, that clashing and thrashing occurred. Yet “sorry” was […]
What is Precious?
In the epic, very well, debatably epic story, The Hobbit, there is a character named Gollum. This character had, in the distant past of the story, discovered a bauble of tremendous mysticism and magical power. This bauble was in the form of a ring, and with its use, this creature was able to become invisible whilst […]
How to disappear completely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvRMAdAwIdQ&feature=youtu.be I plan on practicing this a thousand times more so that I may improve. But for now, this be my offering. Humbly yours, J
Guilt
So often must I resist the thoughts of disappointment. In the span of constructing the prior sentence, I have breathed vapors of this sensation, exhaling the propensity to succumb to these weights. And, too heavily do these millstones of defeatism weigh upon my shoulders, assuredly on your own, and doubtlessly haunt our growth and maturation towards […]
Miliseconds
The holidays are upon us. Yes, the holidays. Some love these times. Some loathe them My feelings can vacillate drastically between the two extremes. Though, to be truthful, I would evaluate my feelings as abundantly neutral. Numbness, sadly, is the determined sensation, or lack thereof, at this time of year. And in the course of […]