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Writing – DESIRE in CHAINS

David Raffin

Journal of. Published under the auspices of the HiSky* Trust, founded 1957 to promote disorder. (*Hiss-Key)

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Truth causes feeling hurt

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2022/01/08

The two party system is still arguing about the public square. Seems there are two sides to it. Shoplifting. Any takers? People want kids in school as long as they don’t teach them anything. You can have your college course on nihilism as long as you don’t teach them kids nothing.

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Check please, my hat, my darling

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2022/01/06

I need a magicians assistant because the last one disappeared. I am writing a movie about a man and a woman who try to make it in a revitalized vaudeville as a ventriloquist and ventriloquists assistant. Hope I’m not just up my own ass here. Hello 911? The magicians assistant just swallowed a sword. He is asking if anyone is a doctor in the house. Oh never mind he’s telling a joke. I don’t think the timing is appropriate necessarily. I mean the crowd is full of lawyers. Here to observe. The

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Coffee gives gas the musical

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2021/11/21

The day you could no longer buy leaded gasoline was the saddest day for every waiter in America who was dependent upon the “leaded” or “unleaded” joke whenever approaching a table to offer caffeinated or decaf coffee. Now the coffee service was a hollow gesture. A mechanistic gruel. But Broadway beckoned. And “Leaded or unleaded the musical” opened to pour box office. Which, trivially, was a joke in the first act. During the intermission, the songwriter, he used to be a waiter, but that was back in

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Baked or Fried, fit to be tied

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2021/11/05

How many donuts are in a dozen is not variable. Every donut past the mark is a bonus. At sleazy donut shops you can arrange to receive bottomless donuts. But then you have to eat them all, including the holes.Stand-up comedy dressed like a doughnut. A talking doughnut. Jelly filled. Sugarcoated. Donut laugh.The donut stripper left sprinkles everywhere.In states where it is legal to do so, donuts are commonly fried.The donut guru smiled and said I, dough-nut, know.

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Donut proceed with caution

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2021/11/05

My new children’s book “the happiest cornflake” will be serialized on the back of… let’s fill our bowls with imagination. Visualize. Stay puffed. Donut be a marshmallow in the resistance. Donut sugarcoat things. Donut go soft. I am General Mills. This is a dry cereal outpost.

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A notice from Mr Raffin regarding his availability at...

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2021/10/14

Let’s face it if you’re here it means only one thing you were caught in a filter. And yes those filters are only there because we are surrounded by highway bandits. I know they don’t look like what you’re thinking of when you think about bandits. For one thing they don’t wear bandannas. Nobody transports money by train anymore. And bullion is just a soup. Like lentil vegetable. Or peanut brittle. Melted. And they don’t wear hats because hats went out of style my friend. Wide brim. Narrow brim. Stove

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Give Me a Ring Sometime, Whydontcha?

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2021/05/15

Got married once at the 24 HOUR CHURCH of ELVIS. A coin operated operation. Store Front. Up the Alley.Rings provided, nestled in a little plastic egg, vending machine trinket, were 100% cheap plastic. There was no jewel on them, they were only semi-precious, instead they simply stated on the face: “MaDE in CHINa” sloppily engraved. Lasting longer than the marriage. Probably have not decomposed to this day, wherever they have happened off too. I hope they are very happy.I now pronounce

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War of Words

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2021/04/13

Language creates problems more often than not. From now on we will go back to grunting. This will work out fine, barring misunderstandings, until the grunting develops into some sort of a systematized… Dammit.

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I, Robot Therapist.

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2021/04/10

I am a robot analyst. I am afraid my programming was not specific about whether I analyze robots or whether I am a robot (which I am) (but that is beside the point) who analyzes humans. Thus I only say, “Hello, I am a robot analyst.” And if I should analyze you, it’s a hobby.I have noticed I mostly analyze women. But that is because men never ask for help, choosing instead to self destruct. Oh I do not judge. I am off the clock.

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The titular issue

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2021/03/06

Little Richard was the King of rock ‘n’ roll, but the Prince died first so the line of succession is cloudy. The funeral March made real good time though. Though it was a little outrageous. A lomp bam boo. Since the death of James Brown I have held, strictly honorary you understand, the title “Godfather of Soul.” And I simply can’t take on another honorary title at this time due to the current conditions. And I have done nothing to deserve it. Please!

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Writer crampout

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2021/02/28

And thus Mr. DoutryRead all of us presentHis sparkling poetryWhich he’d been composingFour years.And thus Mr. DoutryRead all of us presentHis sparkling poetryAnd brought that whole roomTwo tears.Due to his stationthey’d’ve given an ovationBut they’re awfully fond ofSitting on their rears.But it was a lovely readingAnd now the evening is recedingAnd as they leaveThey uncover their ears.Cheers. Cheers.

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Raise the barn

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2021/02/28

You are the third shiniest star. A dwarf planet. Seen by the naked eye. Warm. Body temperature, running hot. The ultimate coffee substitute. Rough grind. The only body double worth the trouble. Raise the barn. The intangible sparkle of champagne on a drunkard’s tongue, stimulating; The lime in the Jell-O, spiked; the stiffest police collar, hard; the bramble that produced the flower, presented; a dull nickel, undervalued; and surely that’s worth a quarter of a larger coin, if you are

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Snack Pack

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2021/01/31

The convergence of porn in programming is right on the cusp. Right on the edge. Leaving people just… Wanting. For instance I was watching, turns out, a commercial for a cooking show. And I kept waiting for the announcer to remove their shirt. Then I realized it was a cooking promo. Then the announcer removed the shirt.

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Better gaslighting on hold

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2021/01/21

Do you think we have it bad now? Do you understand that rooms used to be commonly gaslit? Rooms. Rooms. After dark your sitting room didn’t know whether it was coming or going.Now that no one has a sitting room anymore every room is standing room only.Whither the vestibule? The economy is so diverse it includes the little piggy who goes to market AND the little piggy who has none, who is there to make the piggies in the middle “f-uncomfortable.”The little piggy who goes to market blames it all on

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Bildungsroman re-piped

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2021/01/14

“It is my sad duty to inform you that the …president… was shot twenty-five minutes ago and has been transported to the hospital.” The children in Frank’s class cheered. It was not an uncommon occurrence. It happened in other classes. The teacher’s face fell. He scowled at the children and started angrily berating them. “That is the president of these United States!” he said. The lack of unity amongst the children for these United States flustered him. It was unacceptable. Would not be given

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Sarcasm is poison, Friend

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2021/01/11

No honorable person has ever snickered. Chortling is unseemly. Tittering is obscene. Need I go on? – The war of words. The end result of the war of words was different than previous wars. For in the end, all that was left were the grunts. All the highfalutin words fell. Shattered to syllables. They could not be put back together. Especially not by the king’s horses. What the hell was he thinking? Neigh. A skilled humorist uses the sounds of laughter to muffle the screams. It’s a

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Resale values

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2021/01/11

•Official• Minnie Pearl fleshlight. Removal of tag destroys collector’s resale value.

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Fascists sing out of tune

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2021/01/09

A song of the fascist insurgentsWho flow in like a streamThey ransacked the capitalLiving that wild dreamHappy they areHappy they beWhat’s in the future?Who can foresee?In defense of lawn orderWith jockey statuary to matchThey got all tore upIn that dang briar patch! Just like that bluebird of happinessA purchase in the treeWho sings that catchy songCalled “Woe is me! Woe is me!“ They sing like canariesTrapped in a coal mine, it’s a livingAnd the stool pigeons back itBecause those bird brains

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A feast of the unknown

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2020/12/31

Please enjoy this festive jingle, a little song set to the music of that other song about the feast of Stephen’s. And have a lovely new year. — DavidRaffin.com — John Wayne Gacy Was a clownWho had a love of Chil-drenWhat he charged For sir-vicesWas well within his Rea-son.Considering his efforts greatHe put forth every Sea-sonMorning, noon, and eS-pec’lly nightBut Sundays off for grie-ving.Hmm.To keep your act Fresh These holi-daysUse citrus fresh de-greaserIn powder, li-quid or handy wipeFor any

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What is. That is. What is.

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2020/12/27

Soren Kierkegaard was a great Dane. Once one knows this, philosophy can never be quite the same. It is true platonic philosophy never runs against the grain. However, wherever Heidegger lifted his leg he always left a nasty stain.Friedrich Nietzsche cocked his head, as many mammals do, smiled and said, “That’s quite a refrain, I have written many good books too.” Jean Paul Sartre wandered out to ponder upon the city zoo. He was also interested, very, in what was what and whether or

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