tid-bits & trivia...

Did you ever lay down
in a grassy field
or maybe your own
backyard that
was too small for
even a puppy to run free
to breathe deep and
watch the clouds
change shape? Then
fall asleep and dream?
Who forgives and forgets?
Not I.
The pain and the pictures
never leave.
Never should.
It's a myth and a lie
confession cleans the slate.
What's done is done.
Once lived is learned. 

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I'm only responsible
for what I'm thinking
when I'm writing.
Everyone else is responsible
for what they're thinking
when they're reading.

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Tell me a story
with just enough lies to keep
me from yawning and
closing my eyes.

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Other words
make other worlds
come together.

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Obituaries...
they like you
better after you're dead.
 

Almost time...

Spring Training Goodyear, AZ.