Category: scribbler

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screaming into the void

Most of the time I think my writing is self-indulgent, that I’m writing into a…

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I’m not dead yet

She was only 42 when she started missing her period and at first we thought…

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I need a new drug

I’m looking for houses again. I have no money and I’m so Grey Gardens tied…

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happily never after

I don’t know about little boys, hell, it becomes more and more apparent each day…

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pretty girls

I see them on the streets & the subways. The pretty girls. The really pretty…

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the facebook friend & flirt

Okay, I’ve already admitted to & been sanctified as, having more than a wee touch…

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can you hear me now?

Sometimes when I go to a meeting or a presentation, or unfortunately even when I’m…

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sometimes, you just listen

I’ve been seriously ill and hospitalized twice with colitis.  Colitis is all about blood and…

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be happy you’re neurotic

That was the title of a book on my parents shelf as I was growing up. I…

memoir

that was then: 1979

I open my eyes to a greasy tin ceiling & the smell of oil and gasoline.I’m…

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tag, you’re it

I’m a total critter chick. Given the choice, I’ll almost always choose four legs over…

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time & money

As in, given a choice, which would you choose? Thanks to the “economic downturn” I…

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crackbaby & tender hearts

I can see my cat’s teeny pink boy nipples. I have the most annoying cat…

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elevens

“The elevens are up” – a reference to the two cords on the back of a…

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sense memory

I can smell a sharkskin suit and a pair of gators from a block away….

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redlight greenlight

  I drove blind pig drunk for five accident & ticket free years. Part of that time I…

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in other words

It takes me time to figure out how I feel. Most people can name that…

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incremental silence

The voices in my head are chitter chatter chitter chatter never ending — some days…

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roast chicken

I am roasting a chicken. I’m not hungry – and I don’t plan on having…