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The Portal in the Dryer at Hammond’s Laundry and Juice Bar (part two)
“The Portal in the Dryer at Hammond’s Laundry & Juice Bar” (part One) A Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets, with a Sci-Fi theme and haiku. ////////////////////////////////////////// “Hello? … Hello?” Jenn said meekly. She took an almost step and then held back, “Oh, you two are going to be in sooooo much troub …” “You mean… Continue reading
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Weekend Itinerary Plus Post “I Noticed” (revisit)
Home: somewhere between 6p and 9p Home: talk to Sister and possibly a nephew or two Sit: somewhere start between 7p and 10p Sit: till cows come home Sit: write stuff while waiting on cows Sit: wonder what the hell time it is and check on the cows Sit:be thankful of some quiet and that… Continue reading
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Prospector Man and Despot Don (A Mighty Mouse Theme Song) – (song revisit)
A trio of co-workers, Steve, Flounder and Seth at the Latham office of our stations in the Albany area, where I work remotely now for our Beacon group since I moved up this way, were talking earlier this week of a new superhero character they wanted to build, “Prospector Man”, something about an old-time prospector… Continue reading
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Solace in the Attic and the Absence of Heroes and Good Men
I haven’t written or posted anything yet about a Tuesday, in a November, in a year of our lord whatever future noted forsaken that will be a line of demarcation for new generations of where a majority in this once grand land, one that had always prided itself on its exceptionalism suddenly, and en masse,… Continue reading
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The Eye and The Dark (flash fiction)
A new Flash Fiction prompt, this one from Dora at dVerse Poets, a one of 144 word max prose (not including the title) and a one, in this case, to include the line “Out of the ninth-month midnight” from Walt Whitman’s poem “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking”. The Eye and The Dark It was… Continue reading
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Election Day Trump Parody Song Countdown: T-Minus 1: “God Made Trump … No, That Was In Error’”
T-Minus 1 day. Well this is it, tomorrow, and all I can do now is hope for the best, and maybe get in a prayer or two to this guy. ////////////////////////////////////////// (originally posted Jan 28, 2024) This one has a lot of words, sung at a very speedy clip to an instrumental from a guy… Continue reading
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She Said (Old T-shirt) (song) – A Re-Visit Break
Think I need a little bit of a break from my parody song a day until the election as the trepidation and the 50/50 nature of things is really weighing on me. I’ve never been good at 50/50’s, more a 30/70 for me, so I don’t want to think about it right now, well at… Continue reading
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Election Day Trump Parody Song Countdown: T-Minus 2: “Autocratic Dreamin’”
I know I re-posted this one only a few weeks ago but it has to be in this countdown as this is what this is all about. To the Mamas and the Poppas “California Dreamin’” (originally posted August 21, 2022) Autocratic Dreamin’ Democracy’s in straits (Democracy’s in straits) Getting dire by the day (dire by… Continue reading
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Election Day Trump Parody Song Countdown: T-Minus 2 And A Half: “Trump D’s Golden Scepter”
T-Minus 2 and a half days and some comfort. I initially was all about a Beatles tune, tunes, in my parodies, exclusively so, The Orange Album, they were songs I could sing and was comfortable with. Though they were of the time this one still holds up. It is fun in a not fun kind… Continue reading
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Election Day Trump Parody Song Countdown: T-Minus 3: “Look What They’ve Done To Our Trump”
Now in the process of my posting these tunes of mine, words well worked in anger at the pained obvious, well wrought obvious, words red flagged in an attempt at a head’s up, “Do you see?” things that are my stand up I waver … I flit between serious dread and that the lesser dread… Continue reading
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