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Exit 21B
There is this spot, what was surely a vibrant truck stop once, that I pass in my to an fro’s in my new commute along the NY State Thruway. It sits vacant, boarded, graffitied, among all the other alive spots I pass where you can grab some gas, a bit of shut-eye or maybe a… Continue reading
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The Scrapbook And The Man In The Black Fedora (flash fiction)
So another prompt at dVerse Poets … It’s Monday and, at the dVerse Poets Pub, we are writing Prosery, the very short piece of prose or flash fiction that tells a story with a beginning, middle and end. It can be in any genre of your choice, but it does have a limit of 144… Continue reading
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Her Name Is Kelsay (apparently)
I know, all these years of me being single and not caring of such, and then Kelsay came along. I realize she seems a bit out of my league, well actually in another league entirely, like a completely different sport, but if you are going to dive back in let it be the deep end… Continue reading
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Gonna Wanna Rule Somebody – Revisit (song)
So back in March I did a version of Dylan’s “Gotta Serve Somebody” and thought I would re-post it here now. That’s it. Gonna Wanna Rule Somebody You may be a wished dictator who’s scripting a dream Of what to do in year 25 with a right’s loyalist team Who’r mapping out a dire plan where… Continue reading
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A Repost From Last Year On International Cat Day (Crazy Cat Lady Guy Cat Tips Guide – Tip #351: When It’s International Cat Day You Post Accordingly)
Though the surrounds have changed it’s still a Bella and a Cricket and a Me. ////////////////////////////////////////// Cricket the Blind: Hey Bella? Where you at? Bella: I’m over here on my chair, to your left. Cricket: Ok cool … ummm, where is my “left?” Bella: (sigh) the direction you always do your weird little Cricket circles… Continue reading
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The Miscellaneous Jar – (poem)
So De Jackson, aka WhimsyGizmo, brought the latest “Quadrille” idea to us at dVerse Poets, that dVerse invention 44 word poem that asks just that you include a particular word. This time around from De? That word was “Jar”. . The Miscellaneous Jar I tapped the lid with a butter knife in evenly spaced indents… Continue reading
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Postcard (poem)
The other day my Production boss, Randy, and I went to a local waterpark, Splashdown Beach “America’s Biggest Little Waterpark” in Fishkill, NY at the invite of the Splashdown boss guy, Steve, to grab some lunch as a thank you for the production work we do for them (well, Randy … Steve and Splashdown are… Continue reading
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New Digs (home)
So I thought I would offer this up in case anyone is inclined to send me some mail. I have moved. The address you previously had for all those Christmas and birthday cards, they were lovely by the way, thank you, has been updated. I only mention this as I would hate for any further… Continue reading
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“Hi, I’m Joe Frankenberry From New York” (a post/poem revisit)
A new prompt at dVerse Poets comes from Punam of paeansunpluggedblog and concerns grief and writing of it, if you are able to do so and share such. It made me think of a post I wrote back in June of 2020, during the pandemic, a post about heroes and about my Father, something I… Continue reading
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Camel of Earth (a Y and P story)
And in response to a Flash Fiction prompt from Melissa. Now the prompt said to write something to/about a picture she posted, this one a closeup of a camel. ////////////////////////////////////////// (after an accidental crash landing) Oh sure, just make a left at the red planet you said, the blue one looks nice you said, what… Continue reading
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