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Yesterday I walked out of my apartment building to find that the large group of obnoxious Baptists were preaching via megaphone at the Liberty Pole again. They have every right to do it, but that doesn’t protect them from the fact that they’re assholes. I really do wonder how they can stand up there and [...]
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Tags: baptists, existence, god, morality, musing, religion
Without the Burden of Dignity
the great modern cities
whither and die
in a spectacular blaze of technology
the elderly kept alive
with chemical miracles
the ends unbearable to see
a welcome overstayed
leaving emptiness and remorse
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A Thought, Part One
This was noted in my sketchbook with some small drawings and is undated. It was written in response to a conversation overheard between two men, one of which owns and operates my favorite coffee shop and is usually full of bravado and confidence. They were discussing medical problems and in that instance appeared very fragile [...]
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The Pen is Mightier
I wrote this as a response to an article I read on the war in Iraq while on sabbatical last month. It is dated 5/20 in my sketchbook and is transcribed identically here.
you know I’d love to preface this with
some grand bombshell or revelation
but I know you all read the blogs
I’m sure you’ve got computers [...]
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