A Hollywood Life Unattained

A Hollywood Life Unattained

Reflecting on the missed opportunities of my early career as a Hollywood actor. Not many people know I was the original James Evans on the hit 70s...

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Barn

Barn

Gray bones,having defied weatherof an uncertain century,prop the structurewith proud erectness. Dusty tobacco,its earthy cologne,in prominent...

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The Nail

The Nail

The nailresists being struckfolding at the impactis straightened and hitagain bucklingand bendinginto its own shapeeventually poundedand...

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Forever Burning Fire

Forever Burning Fire

Life is a foreverburning firefrom which theflame of youfleetinglyflickers; before,in a flash,separating andspiraling intoits ownextinguishment.    ...

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fence

fence

a wooden line of loverslike rotting fence postseach stake more weatheredand hollow thanthe previousuntil the lastcompletely broken andserving no...

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Jack o’Lantern

Jack o’Lantern

When she carved the pumpkinher hands sunk deep into itthen, as she scooped the flesh,she thought of the murder–how the face went soft,yet wide-eyed...

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Jackson

Jackson

Murder at midnight.Scarlet taillights drapea bloody sheet overthe Oldsmobile’scold, green skin. Undercover cricketsin the foggy...

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Choices

Choices

You never asked togive, nor I to take.These, our forced cattlebranding at birth. The advantage was mine.Wrapped in silken, milky skin,blur of a...

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Sandal Dust

Sandal Dust

You are the fourth naildull, twisted and corrodedpiercing the watery heartpushing through the spinesplintering the wooddelivering the poison likea...

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The Pursuit of Warmth

The Pursuit of Warmth

He pushed thebent, iron pokerinto the coalsthe way a manpushes his words intoa conversation heknows nothing about.Mindlessly scootingthe scorching...

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The Things We Do

The Things We Do

The scant, gray roomWhere you forced me to liveMe, like a foxSilken, amber furWith hungry teeth I imagined escaping youThat cool, spring morningIn...

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