Written after encountering yet another selection (‘Forest Park’, ‘Willamette Valley’, and ‘Lake Billy Chinook’) of Travel Oregon commercials on Hulu. Guys, seriously: Don’t make me wait. Don’t make me choose. Just show the damn spot already… One of three always the same choice only in a different order No interest but no real choice always [...]
Tag: choice
After those moments when throwing caution to the wind turns out to be a bad idea (a poem)
Monday-morning quarterbacking is sometimes necessary… When I say ‘fuck it’ and give in it inevitably has consequences appetite indulgence memory grown fuzzy around the edges a feeling that repetition and routine are sure paths to complacency and regret There has to be a way to toggle the switch to the other side where changes take [...]
‘The children are our future’ (a poem)
Thinking a bit this morning about that well-worn phrase of songwriters and politicians alike… We are their past We are promises unfulfilled We are promises broken We are the lies we tell each other to explain our feelings away to deny the reality we have created to convince those who see it that they don’t [...]
Where would you like to go? (a poem)
One of several new poems from today. Wait there No—please come closer Could we meet halfway? I want to run to you but I’m not sure I have the strength to make it that far If you would meet me in the middle we could go whichever way we want without having to be tied [...]
You have the right [to refuse] to remain silent (a poem)
Bonus round for today—if you have the right to remain silent, you also have the right not to… Anything you say may very well result in your premature death As long as this is the case you may as well speak your mind LOUDLY while you have the chance Because you have the right [to refuse] [...]
Invisible no longer (a poem)
Lots of night-time writing lately… This is going to be a risk but there isn’t much choice Once you start down the hill momentum builds until you’re going faster than a rocket ship travelling at the speed of light between fields of gravity Flight could be a possibility but don’t count on wings The best [...]
Sometimes the lesson bears repeating (a poem)
Haven’t even made it to today’s prompt yet… Fiction is not escape There is little comfort in the fabricated exploits of the people who live inside a writer’s mind Every story is but another chance for a lesson about life I was unwilling to learn until those words came out of the character’s mouth Now [...]
Why I Opted Out of Thanksgiving This Year
I spent Thanksgiving alone this year. By choice. Basically, this year has beaten me down so much that I was in no mood for celebration. Except for a four-day temp assignment last month, I've had no paying work since June. I was doing some work for a weekly magazine—but they dropped me as soon as [...]
