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Intervention
I was sitting for about an eternity swaying, and what Jews call shuckling...
Sep 13 • 
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Old Cripple
The old cripple throws his walking poles on the floor where they lie crossed at the knee.
Sep 6 • 
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Animal Farm II
The pigs of Animal Farm had litters as long as your arm
Sep 1 • 
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August 2025

Blackberry Picking
Remember how Emperor Nero preferred playing on his fiddle and how heroic Achilles preferred sulking to being a hero?
Aug 9 • 
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July 2025

My Trump Dream
We run into each other late at night and joke about the miseries he emcees.
Jul 19 • 
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A Tree's Tale
I started out as a Norway Spruce; I was the tallest of all the trees around!
Jul 5 • 
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June 2025

Things
More things than you can shake a stick at!
Jun 21 • 
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What a Party!
I saw a face I thought I knew and waved. Where did my arm go?
Jun 7 • 
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May 2025

Father of the Man
“The things which I have seen I now can see no more.” Wordsworth
May 24 • 
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Dayenu
He sent against them his fierce anger and fury.
May 10 • 
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In the Public Gardens
Eyes peep out from the night of hiding, slam shut against the flashbulb sun
May 3 • 
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April 2025

Von Bargen's Jewelry
The three of in the livingroom last year chatting about this and that...
Apr 26 • 
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