Annie and John ran back to the vee wee with towels wrapped around them.  The fire had become bright red coals.  A good fire for cooking but cooking was the last thing on John and Annie’s mind.  They left the fire to itself and went in and wrapped each other… Read full post »

The truck stop was nice.  It was packed with overweight men with tired worn faces that leered at Annie Cosmic as John and Annie walked in. 

John growled as they walked into the restaurant, “God damn truckers all looking at you like they can’t wait to get themselves… Read full post »

So, someone finally had enough sense to tell you to shut your fucking mouth and let the professionals take care of this.  It’s about time and I am also genuinely surprised that you are listening.  Maybe it’s all sinking in just how deep the shit is around your little tra… Read full post »

     Is there anyone out there who can say honestly that if they were forced to say, “Oh our president is President Newt or President Mitt that they wouldn’t become violently ill, dizzy and immediately lose whatever intelligence they had left.

Neither one of them h… Read full post »

     “Even with all the hell that I have put my body through, all the rage and pain, I can eat an unbelievably healthy lunch and afterwards want nothing more on this planet than a god damn cigarette. 

I guess I might as well get used… Read full post »

(my grandson Wyeth.  What does this world have in store for him?)

Out of the necessity for survival and a feeling of self-worth and purpose we have seen a rising of individuals and groups in the warehouse auction, community market, flea market and trash picker business.  This is a tr… Read full post »

     “She speaks in tongues you know.  I never know what the hell she is really talking about.”

     Annie Cosmic walked over and handed me a double espresso and large coffee and strolled over to the couch.  I follo… Read full post »

     There was a knock at the door.  John shuffled to the door and opened it and was face to face with Annie Cosmic.  John gasped, “Jesus H. Christ!  I really am going mad!”

     Annie walked past John and into the apartment. … Read full post »

     “I didn’t want it to end up this way.  I didn’t want to end up feeling the… Read full post »

(And I feel fine…_)

     The Wiggly Brother’s Circus is in town tonight!  The clowns are running for president!

     The news is chocked full of unbelievable truckloads of garbage information to start this New Year off right!  I… Read full post »

     I know that what is taking place is exactly what is supposed to be taking place.  I know that the path that was laid out in front of all of us involved in this little mystery is exactly the road we are supposed to be on.… Read full post »

    Ah yes the holidays.  That time of year when life and death coincide and both mean nothing at all.  It’s that time when you find yourself thinking about nothing but what it might be like to not be around at all anymore. 

    … Read full post »

     Mom called Nathan, “Is John dead?”

     Nathan, “No mom, John’s not dead.  What the hell are you talking about?”

     Mom, “Well I head the door rattle last night and it was John and he kept… Read full post »

     “There has got to be something more to this.”

     I heard the voice.  It brought me out of a dead sleep and it wasn’t a dream.  It was a voice that was hovering over me.

     “A lot of people are… Read full post »

     Nan was sobbing and screaming on the other end of the phone, “You have got to come and get me John.  Please John he is going to kill me and the kids.  You have got to save me, save us John!”

     Nan was out of control. … Read full post »

     I heard another knock at the door.  I wondered if it was going to be another note.

     I went to the door, stood for a few seconds and then opened the door as the knock started up again.

     “Hello John, we need to go… Read full post »

     Every morning Jason curled himself up in the corner with a large blanket and seven pillows and shook and cried.

     “He’s dead.  He’s been dead for over a year.  He didn’t just go to plow the back forty.  He&rsqu… Read full post »

Maybe it’s one of those days where a dark house and a warm blanket are all that one needs.

Herman Cain finally did something right and quit acting like he was the republican lounge lizard presidential candidate and is going home.  What a putz.

They are taking our… Read full post »

What will they say about me after I’m gone?

There was a time in my life, my past life when most people would have said, “Well I’m not surprised.”  But things have changed over the last, oh hell I don’t know how many years.

And what if this… Read full post »

Don’t stop laughing.  If you stop for even a second you will begin to cry at the sheer insane reality of what it is that you are trying desperately to run away from.  You will cry yourself dry.

Somewhere along this journey we found ourselves looking back on memories… Read full post »

I had a dream the other night where Skinny Boy Lee met me at a bar.

I stood outside the bar with a soda water watching Skinny Boy Lee drive around the block four times trying to figure out a good place to park his black LTD.

I… Read full post »

Everything seemed to work out didn’t it?  It all just seemed to play out in three acts and the curtain closed on this part of the play and well, life goes on.

You write your poetry about the new man in your life and it’s beautiful, absolutely beautiful and… Read full post »

I’ve never been very big on holidays.  As a kid I hated them.  I wanted to love them but, well.  When I was married to Maggie and my daughter was a little girl I loved them.  It was the most normal time of my life then.

I especially find… Read full post »

I don’t know why I just keep hanging onto this dead horse.  The life is gone.  I’m telling you, the spirit has left.  We are a joke that just isn’t funny anymore.

Does Salon understand that the pathetic way that Open Salon runs is a direct reflection upon them? … Read full post »