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2:11

Leap Frog | Poem

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2025/06/16

Leap frog is such a fun game. “Here. Yea, here. Here, here,” I say. “Yea, come here. Yea, yea, yea, come here. Yea. Okay. Okay. Okay.” So, yea. Yea, yea, just like that. Yea, so I’m going to kneel. Yea, just like so. Like so. On my hands. On my knees. So I’ll kneel down and you’ll go up, up on top of me. On my back. See? Leverage! To get on top. Of that. “On top of that?” On top of that! That you couldn’t top from flat, hence me giving you my back. Leap from me. Leave from me. I go in front

3:33

All My Skin | Poem

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2025/06/01

Nature, beauty, ugly not, perfect chaos, tranquil rot, the bug, the beetle, cicada, bee, the cricket, the wren, the fly, the tree, the crow, the squirrel, the frog, the toad, the wind, the stick, the distant, distant, distant moan, high, high highway drone, the car, the train, the concrete path, the pavement on the globe that hath, the bap, the bap of pickle ball, the paddles, the paddles, the paddles, them all, the warm air rising in the sun, the breath, the nostril, the double lung, the shallow

3:45

On Going Deaf | Poem

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2025/05/07

When little, real little, earliest memories little, bedwetting little, biting humans (when mad) little, Dino Nugget dinner little, it would come upon me, what I would learn to be tinnitus. Pronounced tinnitus. Though till college I called it ten-uh-tuss, not ten-eye-tuss. It would come upon me in my right ear. Loud, but not loud. Deafening, but not damaging, like stepping into a waterfall, ringing. Washing over you, overcoming you, but one long ring, not bells. A hum. A high hum

5:48

I Love I | Poem

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2025/04/12

Deplete of love,Asphyxiating from the noise Of my past wrong actions, Drowning in the debt of purchased goods, Fettered to the compulsive whims of SaaS subs, I am caught this morning in a human spun web. Somehow I have mummified myself In my own silk, Preparation for My own envenomation and Extraoral digestion. For it does feel, Like the spider awaiting The intestines of its prey, That I am liquidated in My own webbed casket From where I have caught myself, Awaiting to eat myself At a future

6:11

Only Love | Song

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2025/04/09

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3:00

It Never Ends | Song

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2025/04/06

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1:29

Birthday Present | Letter

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2025/03/30

Without sounding trite, I hope to express that you are exemplary incognito when greatness is worn so casually, so non seriously. The tendency is to forget and to make the mistake that all humans are in a similar way. But that is our delusion and ultimate loss because for all those days we spent living with you, we could have equally been cherishing.The simple fact that you've cultivated a high level of goodness, the fruits of which are reaped by every one of your friends, family members, and peers,

11:44

My Favorite Child | Story

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2025/03/22

Father motioned to mother, outstretching a passage from the book he was reading, pointing and raising his eyebrows, some inquisitive semaphore.Mother read it.“It was Sigmund Freud who observed that the most fortunate thing that can happen to us growing up is to be our mother’s favorite child.”“What are you supposing, dear? We have three children. Are you suggesting only one of them will grow up all right?”Receiving no real response, mother continued. “No, I don’t take favorites. They’re all my

2:14

Training Day High | Poem

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2025/03/01

I write this in a Richmond airport in the supreme void state. After a training. How lovely this state is, especially for an H.Q. employee. Away. For once. In the field. For these next few hours. Nothing matters. I left it. All on the field. And. It went well. And. They didn't buy. But who cares? Who, cares. My body is spent. My blood. Viscous. From dehydration. My voice. From unsupported "whoop-whoop" role play sounds. Hoarse. Artificially deeper. Fried. I binge-ate hummus in a Food Lion

1:59

Moral Relativism: Beware | Lesson

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2025/02/15

Natural law does exist. Truth does exist. Perception can be faulty. Giving grace to our behaviors is comforting, but it does not annul the consequences. Truth is not invented by perspective, opinion, and culture. Conversely, whitewashing falsehood only hides wickedness; poisoned honey remains injurious no matter how sweet.The lesson is this: ignore the popular trends that suggest spiritual laws are bygone. Trust that Truth is timeless. Without hesitation, abide first by good morals: do right by

21:17

Be Still. Love. | Lesson

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2025/01/11

Did this lesson begin with a thought or an inspiration? Perhaps the culmination of this lesson came as part of life’s patterned happenstance. What is a lesson?A lesson is a decision that compounds to make a better life. Maybe the lesson is learned, read, or dreamed. Whether or not abided, the lesson is true for life. These lessons are not original. Publishing lessons is not claiming the knowledge, but clarifying it.Many of these excerpts are from David Hawkins’ “Discovery of the Presence of God,”

2:25

O Sweet Lord | Song

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2025/01/10

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1:51

God Is All I Have | Song

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2025/01/08

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1:05

Perfect Gift | Letter

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2025/01/04

You might think it silly that I find your gift to me so perfect. It’s literally exactly what I asked for. To which you might retort, “No duh. We bought it from your giftly.” Yes. Exactly. Isn’t that perfect?! Our cousin thinks pre-arranged gift-giving undermines the thoughtfulness of the gift. Perhaps. But in purchasing exactly what I wanted, you were being thoughtful, thinking how particular I can be, you thought it best not to let your ego decide on my behalf what my ego wanted as a Christmas gift

4:48

Help Others | Lesson

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2025/01/03

What is a lesson?A lesson is a decision that compounds to make a better life. Maybe the lesson is learned, read, or dreamed. Whether or not abided, the lesson is true for life. These lessons are not original. Publishing lessons is not an act of claiming the knowledge, but clarifying it.A saint once said, “If you’re not helping others, you’re hurting them.”My cognitive fallacy training taught me to dismiss such statements, prey to binary thinking: black or white, right or wrong, helpful or hurtful

2:00

New Year Birthday | Letter

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2025/01/02

Another year passes and whether we're young, old, or in between, we still have the opportunity to grow. Adults can grow just as much as children, and children can stagnate just as much as adults. So there are the children who are stuck in their ways and the adults who are forever new. Only you know your year, but as I recount tales of the others whom you know, tales of obdurance, ardent to old values, I find stark contrast with the rich habits you have made in prayer, devotional reading, and

2:21

Sun Day | Letter

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2024/12/31

The Sun came through the clouds today and cast Her orange upon this city of Atlanta. It’d been since days of rain that blue had shown, making now a rebirth of the land whose flower children giggled in the sun.In this end of December, the air was crispy sixty and I was with a friend headed to the airport to see a friend, to see you. Friends. Friends. A new proof in my life that human connection can be easy. Enjoyable.We stopped in a youthful neighborhood whose apartments neighbored Whole Foods,

3:25

Tatami Mat | Lesson

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2024/12/22

What is a lesson?A lesson is a decision that compounds to make a better life. Maybe the lesson is learned, read, or dreamed. Whether or not abided, the lesson is true for life. These lessons are not original. Publishing lessons is not an act of claiming the knowledge, but clarifying it.The tatami mat is a simple lesson. Sleep on your tatami mat, your Japanese futon. When those years ago came with the decision to sell your bed frame to your cousin’s then-lover, after the moments passed when the dogs

1:35

Goodnight Moon | Reading

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2024/12/22

In the great green roomthere was a telephone and a red balloon and a picture of the cow jumping over the moon. There were three little bears sitting on chairs and two little kittens and a pair of mittens and a little toyhouse and a young mouse and a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush and a quiet old lady who was whispering “hush.” Good night room Goodnight moon Goodnight cow jumping over the moon Goodnight light and the red balloon Goodnight bears Goodnight chairs Goodnight kittens and

0:51

To Go To Rome | Quote

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2024/12/22

To go to Rome,Much labor, little profit:The King whom thou seekest there,Unless thou bring Him with thee,Thou findest Him not.As you prepare for your pilgrimage, you’re reminded that it is not the going that takes you. Spiritualize every step. Can you arrive before arriving? Can every moment be made profitable? A quiet shadow with you always. “Oh, it’s You again. I forgot You were there.” Silly. Silly. Me. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

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