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Virtual Insanity Becomes World Reality

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       Virtual Insanity Becomes World Reality
 
The accursed news, so  obviously painful to this poetess!
That we earthlings decided were in need no of divine intervention.
Yes…wanting none of ...

How the Airplane was Invented

...“Orville, let’s go to Kitty Hawk - 
And make this trip by 6 o’clock”

“Wilbur, from Dayton and back again
By 6 o’clock, we’ll need a plane.”...

Tied up in the Moment

...Tied up in the Moment
A beautiful women layed out on a large bed with red Dayton silk sheets, pillows everywhere, her silky locks cascading down onto the pillow beside her as she looks over at this ...

No Bird ever soared in a calm

...How can I fly like a bird he dreamed
this man and his brother, with little formal education.
So they dreamed and watched,
they studied and read.
Dickens and Twain, Virgil and Plutarch also.

Th...

Male Footle Slang Names: Part 2

...So Risque

Racy
Casey

His Mind’s on the Moon

Spacey
Casey

Great Sprinter

Darter
Carter

Crybaby

Bawlin’
Colin

Always in a Rush

Boltin’
Coltin

Puppies for Sale

Dani...

They Dream of Dayton

...Downtown Dayton cityscape
can be seen clearly (on a clear day)
from the grassy knoll on top
of the Woodlands cemetery.

Most of the more fancy mausoleums
face any other way though,
as if the s...

On Lacking Sticktoitiveness

...Most of my Lix spittle 
+ four additional anniversaries 
since exiting birth canal 
as full term newborn 
re: minimally viable existence
post doc severance umbilical cord,
nevertheless yours tr...

Hellboy's Fight Record

...Hellboy danced with the best of them,
With a record here, though incomplete...
Winning almost all of the time,
What a miraculous feat!


Date Opponent Location Result
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Let's Keep Hugging

..."I am a rock                                                                                                                                                                       I am an island      ...

O Dayton My Dayton

...Memorial Day 
mother nature’s reckoning 
is gain worth such loss
de-constructing life with limb
Collision course toward ourselves











05/29/2021...

Midwest Twists

...We accept tornadoes here,
expect them, tick them off
as they pass by like demon dreidels.
Usually they are not a big deal
unless they are.
Spring culls its little lambs
in all sorts of ways.

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Virtual Insanity

...
So obviously,painful to this poetess!
That we earthlings need divine intervention.
Yet~wanting none of God's attention?
Oh, indeed some will scoff and pay no heed.

Get real, my friends!
H...

After Columbine

...It was 20 years ago…the year was 1999
and we thought the world would change….after Columbine

We hoped something would be done
after children were gunned down with their books
We thought the wor...

Cowards Not Heroes

...COWARDS, NOT HEROESv

Cowards, not heroes, Call them what they are
Not Martyrs, killers of babies, children, people both near and far
Cowards not heroes, not terrorists, Call them what they are
...

And Suddenly Not Being

...I
The form we take
In the shape of a life
From trumpet birth blasts
To the final shadow sighs
The faithful leap
From a Dayton hill
To silver supersonic flight
A mountain of yellowing
Paper w...

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