John Heartbreak's Coffee is Cold
kg-card-begin: markdown John drank coffee in a bar in Mogadishu. Filthy stuff. Filthy place. He’d paid four bucks for his lousy coffee. Back home, back in...
Trump for Gulag
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Down There
kg-card-begin: markdown Sex education didn’t exist in the ‘50s. I’m guessing there may have been a few enlightened parents who told their children about “the...
A Splash of Pink
kg-card-begin: markdown Every year she has mailed him a pair of her underwear because of how it started They haven’t actually seen each other in decades but...
My Heart
kg-card-begin: markdown I used to carry my heart deep in my chest, Safely stored. It functioned there without a thought, With no conscious effort required....
That Halcyon Night
kg-card-begin: markdown The weather cold, an idyllic cove That halcyon night we met A lake serene, our love between Two stars that glowed above Your misty...
Dancing Girls These Days!
kg-card-begin: markdown "I'll be back around 5:30 Tuesday. Have the Dancing Girls out by then. Love you. Bye!" My wife left for the airport to visit friends...
Testing the Waters
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Looking for Jenna
kg-card-begin: markdown I know Lake Superior well: the icy layers near the bottom, the streaks of light and dark blue that cross the surface on a calm day,...
Savy at Parade
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All Night Bus: Mexico
kg-card-begin: markdown With a push and shove, I board the dirty, dented bus. It lurches forward, jerks the roof riders clutching racks and bleating goats....
Unexploded Ordnance
kg-card-begin: markdown There are 350,000 tons of live bombs and mines still remaining in Vietnam they are waiting biding their time More than 100,000...
The Excitement Never Ends
kg-card-begin: markdown I’m retired. I live in a retirement community. Some might think that implies a bland life in a bland setting. Let me tell you,...
Life’s Consilience
kg-card-begin: markdown The span of man is a mysterious consilience. God made, or a ponded brew. For are we mortal or a noble prince? To conflate is to make...
A Bird Flew By
kg-card-begin: markdown A bird flew by And it carried my attention away… Into the endless blue sky. I gave it willingly. The fresh green mitten-shaped leaves...
Are You OK?
kg-card-begin: markdown Are you OK? I can’t tell you how many times over the years that family or close friends have asked me that question I always thought...
Sweet Revenge
kg-card-begin: markdown Lisa was no longer crying as she ground the apricot seeds into a soft powder. She took a sip of her Gewurztraminer, loving the...
Springtime On Lake Coronado
kg-card-begin: markdown Mother Nature spreads her wings over Lake Coronado in the spring. With dog at my side, we follow the rocky pine-shaded path....
Down Yonder Hill
kg-card-begin: markdown Down yonder hill most days she trod. To see her love beneath the sod. Grim shadows crept near yonder hill. He died that night, his...
Co-Worker
kg-card-begin: markdown It’s been years ago but a co-worker came up to me once and said You were in my dream last night and you tied me up I thought – What...