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Posted on December 4, 2021

Domestication Vacation

My dishwasher was an exotic beach. It was impossible to notice until it happened. It was early in the morning, but not so early that…

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Posted on June 1, 2020May 31, 2020

The Lisbon Paradox

A Travel Fiction on Authenticity “In the vast ocean of humanity, there are a few ports where all walks of life can find safe harbo—…

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Posted on December 13, 2019March 23, 2020

Cocktail Recipes 2: The Traveller’s Prayer

I wrote the original version of this poem so many years ago that I nearly forgot about it, but could never forget the context surrounding…

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Posted on December 9, 2019March 23, 2020

The Traveler’s Prayer

If I fell from the sky from a thousand long milesThen would you be right there so to catch me? If I wandered the forests…

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Posted on December 2, 2019December 10, 2019

Found Balloons: December

These are the first words I’ve written since my Halloween story I did back in October. I’ve probably committed struggling writer sacrilege by doing the…

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Posted on October 20, 2019January 26, 2020

The Physics of Interstellar Loneliness

Seven billion specks of lightScattered o’er a thousand nightscomplex order, intertwineddance to rules beyond our minds Seven billion sky bound beingsFloat, ephemerous, at seaDaunting, though,…

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Posted on October 6, 2019April 14, 2022

Found Balloons: October

What was the girl’s main complaint when she read Pride and Prejudice? While you dwell on that question (the answer’s at the end), it’s time…

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