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FunnyMe time

The lost and found section at the hospital

Puzzle Pieces2 November, 202011 November, 2020Leave a Comment on The lost and found section at the hospital

There are condoms in bowls absolutely everywhere. It is the first sign that everything is not quite according to standard practice. My second sign is the gay poster of two men kissing and a coffee machine proclaiming a gay-positive message.…

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Me timeQuasi-philosophytop10

Hitting the snooze button to keep the dream alive

Puzzle Pieces1 November, 20204 January, 2021Leave a Comment on Hitting the snooze button to keep the dream alive

I woke up to the yellow shade of a sunrise in the early, misty haze resulting from dropped temperatures. For many years, I had forgotten the magical light that encloses the North during these dark and cold times. As I…

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Batman
Me timeQuasi-philosophytop10Travel

Maybe I have rabies… or saving Se-bat-sian

Puzzle Pieces10 October, 20208 November, 20202 Comments on Maybe I have rabies… or saving Se-bat-sian

His English accent breaks somewhere between Italian and German. Easily over 80 years old, his hands tremble as he writes down the name of the church he thinks I should visit. In the footsteps of a pandemic, the economic disaster…

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God
Me timeReturning Characters

Every Robin needs a Batman

Puzzle Pieces3 October, 202026 January, 20212 Comments on Every Robin needs a Batman

For some time I have used the phrase “Every Batman needs a Robin” to motivate how everyone needs a wingman, a side-kick, a friend. I myself identifying as Robin to close friends, perhaps most prominently Don Quijote, as their forever…

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Batman, Don Quijote, Sancho Panza
Me timeReturning Characters

Rarity makes special

Puzzle Pieces17 September, 202018 September, 2020Leave a Comment on Rarity makes special

The first time I saw her was long before we spent any time together and also that was way before we became friends. While it’s sad to initiate a presentation with visual attributes, her beauty was the first inescapable thing…

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Lauren Bacall
Fiction

Our Spot

Puzzle Pieces23 August, 202023 August, 2020Leave a Comment on Our Spot

My contribution to The Weekly Knobs prompt: “Swing.”https://theweeklyknob.com/our-spot-36079e62f06c___ “You know I don’t swing that way,” she told me yet again. This time, I’d said nothing, but silence often speaks louder than words. So as though to avoid a conversation that…

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FunnyMe time

Hitting not quite The Rock’s bottom

Puzzle Pieces20 August, 202013 October, 2020Leave a Comment on Hitting not quite The Rock’s bottom

(Published at a later date than it was written.) Today a bird shat on me. The yellow goo smeared itself out of nowhere all over my arm as though a reassuring pat from the universe telling me it will all…

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Fiction

The court is in session

Puzzle Pieces17 August, 202017 August, 2020Leave a Comment on The court is in session

I didn’t realise where I was at the time, heck, I don’t think I really have any idea now either. Some things are just not made to be comprehended at any point in time. Yet there I was anyway, somewhere…

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God
Me timeQuasi-philosophyReturning Characters

Breaking the fourth wall

Puzzle Pieces5 August, 20206 August, 2020Leave a Comment on Breaking the fourth wall

When I was younger, I used to think I had all the answers. Now I feel like don’t even know the question – if there even is one. Very “Hitchhiker” of me. I guess I’ve always had a bit of…

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Bambi, Chip n Dale, Daffodil, Don Quijote, Dr. Who, God, Mickey Mouse, Pandabear, Rainbow Unicorn
poetry

Going nowhere

Puzzle Pieces27 July, 202027 July, 2020Leave a Comment on Going nowhere

Our stage is a carousel. The lights shine with the power of a thousand light-bulbs subdued by their own excess. Engulfing everything else in darkness. As from an ill-tuned piano trinkety-tronk music plays.Whining as though painful laughter. The wheel spins…

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