Canned Parasite

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Symbiosis

The perpetual dialectic The endless infinite The intuitive madness And diminutive masses With gigantic intent Perpetually punch and jab Ebb and flow Against the endless sea of Pontifications and opinions The resolve of men And women are tested Some flail and others ascend Seemingly without commonality Yet moving to and

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Those Days

grumble grumble. Hard to be kind, he thinks. He thinks this often. As often as there are ticks on an analogue wall clock. Takes strength to be kind he mutters. Aint that the fucking truth. How many times does one need to be kicked in the teeth before one knows

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Dogs and Children

“…I’ve said this time and time again. Dogs are god’s most noble creatures.” “Here we go again”, said Charlie. “Dammit, I don’t want to hear this again.” Charlie and Kermit were sitting, as per the usual, in their old lawn chairs. They sat daily each summer in

The Pastor’s Wife

The Pastor’s Wife

“The Pastor’s wife killed him?” Though shocked, Clarice directed these words at her husband, John, with a measured tone. He had stated the news so matter of factly as they ate their stew at the small table in a small room. The words had fallen out of his mouth

Posole

Posole

TS: So tell me of this memory you have. The one that has no obvious connection to the remainder of your life? You mentioned it briefly to me the other day when we were eating at Baja Fuentes. You said you had this weird experience in Mexico. You said it

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The winner

The winner sat in the dust. His final foe vanquished. While the title fight was ultimately to be “the last surviving human on planet earth”, the bout also had an undercard over an old package of Debby’s powdered donuts. After the blood and mayhem, the winner felt they tasted

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Glitch i

“Yeah, yeah, I’m telling you, something is wrong. Damn wrong.” You mean, wrong as in not quite explainable? Or do you mean wrong as in morally wrong? “I mean the former, I think. I get them mixed up. The order… former/latter… what i mean is wrong as in