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VALENTINES DAY DIALECTIC 2012

Posted on February 12, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Haecceity it is what is of what —  it is that of what isWe always break it down to surrendering to our destiny, be that our compulsions to roll with its uncertain and vicarious plan for ALL of us – … Continue reading →

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A Night in the Window

Posted on February 5, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

“Say that again,”  he said. Interrupting her sip of beer, she replied,   “mm – say what?”              “- Say whatever it was you said, because it made a perfect arc between our lips.”  She just smiled, looking over the top … Continue reading →

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I cannot be removed from being

Posted on February 3, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

…I cannot be removed from Being… having endured the heat and pressure and time  to become so crystalline and cardinal.  Everything in conflux lights a distance –                            … Continue reading →

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Monkey Love

Posted on January 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hm, the paradox of the monkey with his hand in a jelly bean jar, a fist clenched with so many jelly beans, but he cannot manage to get his hand out…unless he takes just one.  It’s not the pieces with … Continue reading →

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the world is getting smaller in a big way

Posted on January 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

This has been on my mind lately – because they die. The passing of family and friends and loved ones…it’s been on my mind. I read a post on Facebook by a dear friend. Not a monumental post – not … Continue reading →

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Cheap White Wine and Oreos

Posted on January 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Cheap white wine and Oreos A life like this, it comes and goes. And in the end it’s not what’s up, But went well, and what just sucked. Oh, no point trying play it back, Your remote’s always been out … Continue reading →

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On writing

Posted on January 24, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

click click…When you know yourself – I mean truly know the skin and sinew, the creases in the folded chits of memories, the dogeared emotions…when you know what ails you and you stop selling it as fodder for attention… then, … Continue reading →

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Love and Anecdote: Michael

Posted on January 20, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

My friend Michael and I caught up today.  and Michael loves Howard.  Oh, and Michael is a girl; not that it would matter anyway.  This discussion prompted this, along with my own situations…I remember seeing a glistening peak in the … Continue reading →

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Breakfast with a Writer

Posted on January 18, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Softly I’ll landwherever you land,slide over the lee of your wakeI’ll drift on your breathand fly on stirred windsto wherever your wings will take I’ll break my fastwith steel cut oatsand sip the steam of splendid teaand dip my breadin … Continue reading →

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10 Pound Poem on an Ounce of Paper

Posted on January 8, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Harvesting thoughts With a scythe and sickle, Burying the furrows Like a paradox popsicle. The literary farmer Sows fertile periphrasis Lamenting fraught seedlings Twisting taffy off the pages. While carmine dust-devils Stir desert air, Cochineal insects Sip prickly pear. Gather … Continue reading →

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