an american in ink

i'm so very done.

2007-12-03T19:26:41Z

with today.

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five years gone now.

2007-11-07T23:00:39Z

i find myself and others talking more about his death than his life. it's a tendency that we have to dwell on the most tragic nuances. as though his death wasn't, in fact, part of his life. he was a good man, or rather he tried very hard to be...

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a great task.

2007-07-23T14:19:46Z

a long time ago, but not long enough ago that hearts weren't broken and girls weren't afraid, a philosopher told me that the next great task belonged to me. i knew of what he meant, but i assumed death would follow, a great task that was to the ...

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no compromises. no regrets.

2007-07-19T19:17:38Z

people who cannot create or muster any joy for another's life event ... well, they need to be dealt with. if only i weren't so tired.

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i know everything about my mind.

2007-07-14T04:20:00Z

skulking around in the back of my closet, and i keep dreaming of something that looks like the bowels of the past. but instead of paying attention or paying no mind, i sit there and listen while it scolds me, while it tells me that i'm always wro...

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i can grow people.

2007-03-29T22:26:52Z

check me out! i am a home.

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desperately watching.

2007-03-29T22:23:59Z

and desperately listening with an intent i knew nothing about. driving to work and 'eve of destruction' came on a radio station that i never listen to and i never would listen to except it is randomly programmed as button number five and who am i...

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first day of spring.

2007-03-21T22:20:55Z

it was a beautiful morning with the sun out and a cool breeze. i was on my way to work, and while driving past city park, i had to brake slightly to let a young squirrel run across the road. i felt good about that, about seeing a little squirrel...

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the reality.

2007-03-01T23:31:05Z

the reality is that my life has tailspun and gone all hooey, but not necessarily in a bad way. the uber-busy and the swamped rejoice on a day-to-day basis for being given something to do or doing something they've even come up with themselves. a...

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demons in government.

2007-01-24T23:39:39Z

This is what happens when closed minds try to close doors.

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