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NEXT YEAR ANDROMEDA

August 6, 2023 – 12:54 pm

NEXT YEAR ANDROMEDA In the western desert the night is alive with distant stars. They are our destiny. There is no God. We are the levelers of cities like Hiroshima, Dresden, or Tulsa. Our victims live as running shadows against concrete walls or charred flesh or almost unscathed. ?Now I am become Death, the destroyer […]

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We Are Alone

June 10, 2023 – 5:25 pm

And the Aliens thought themselves Gods Divine beings destined for the stars Traveling in Hydrogen-fission spacecraft On a Holy mission To spread the Word To the Heathen Extra-Terrestrials The first meeting happened long ago Hunters greeting tri-podites They taught us life Now we ready for the Bible-jihad We are Gods in our minds. More Shiva […]

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Boom

August 18, 2021 – 1:23 pm

Tomorrow my older brother is visiting New York. He is taking a two-day legal deposition for his law firm. Frank called from his hotel and asked, “Can I take you to dinner?” I had $5 in my pocket and over the last three weeks, Alice has been riding me, “Who paid for this?” or “Who […]

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The Touch Of The Stars

August 11, 2021 – 8:05 am

As a child of the 1960s I lived in the suburbs south of Boston. Summer nights were filled with silence; no cars, no voices, no music. Every house was a tomb and the deep darkness often found a pre-teen boy stealing out the back door to spread a blanket on the ground, strip off his […]

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Eat At Earth

July 24, 2016 – 8:26 am

Our solar system belongs to the Milky Way, a barred spiral galaxy comprised of billions of stars. Our nearest neighbor is the Andromeda Galaxy. Our sun twirls on the very edge of the swirling mass of stars ie the boondocks. No ETs are coming to this speck in the cosmic dust, yet as a young […]

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