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Crowds After Boxing Day
We need Less of things More time in other realms If deep is the need Then deeper the greed Subverting its completion Wading through Nursed coughs and rude elbows Wears one’s patience thin Out among so many Crushed, defeated shoppers … Continue reading
A Wassail Bowl of Rat Stew for Everyone at Yuletide
(Note: My column Rat Stew appears in the APA Zine: The Reluctant Famulus, edited by Tom Sadler. Please see link on right column of this page.) Christmas is a time for horror movies so let’s dive in, shall we? SILENCE … Continue reading
Discussing Porn for Christmas
See, “porn” is a bogus term. Nudes are not “porn”. Nor are odalisques, nor even depictions of people having sex. Strictly speaking, pornography is writing about prostitutes. Prudes added the gloss, “…in order to titillate peurile interests and arouse lusts…” … Continue reading
Posted in Sample Essays
Tagged A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, censorship, erotica, EYES WIDE SHUT, Hitchcock, Kubrick, law, Porn, pornography, prison, PSYCHO, society, violence
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Death Thoughts: Memento Mori Mood, just in time for Yuletide.
It offends me that we’re able sometimes to die without being aware that it’s happening, like it comes when we’re not looking. What a sneaky, cowardly way for the darkness to eat us. I want a chance to fight and … Continue reading
Posted in Sample Essays
Tagged Buddhism, death, existentialism, light, lotus, nanotubules, philosophy, Roger Penrose, Zen
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Bang. Again.
Here are my responses to the CT school shooting of Friday, 14 December, 2012 C. E. # Oh look, another mass shooting. God is a concept, not a being. Heaven and hell are concepts, not places. We create all of … Continue reading
Posted in Sample Essays
Tagged blood, bullets, change, culture, economy, guns, kids, mass shooting, sadness, school, society, stochastic terrorism, violence
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Wake and Rise
The country as a whole needs to wake up to the control mechanisms, the lies, and the false fronts put up by the manipulators of society that prey upon us, steal our work, destroy our lives, and enslave us. Corporate … Continue reading
Remembered Night Walks
Life rests on death, an ember on ashes in a cold, dark room. Survival feels personal but is about species. Once we reproduce our bodies begin the slow process of turning off all its lights. We shut down and vacate … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged dark, death, existential, jest, life, philosophy, prose poem, reincarnation, religion, theology
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The Secret Life of Fans
“A life is a secret thing, even between a husband and wife. Your secret life is completely your own, and because it is unknown, will never be mourned. The secret life of each individual goes unhonored through eternity.” — Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Sample Essays
Tagged academic, Fans, fanzine, genre, life, Secret, The Knarley Knews, Tom Sadler, Writing
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Brutality Is Not the Answer
Someone said: “I support capital punishment for any person who sexually molests a child. One cure. One bullet.” I said, no, that’s just fascism and, when asked for suggestions, wrote the following. /// Oh, this is a layered, subtle topic. … Continue reading
Posted in Sample Essays
Tagged brutality, Childhood, compassion, complex, delicate, Fascism, historical, Kindness, Sexual abuse
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