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About me - Madlando Aver

Some people dance the jitter-bug
But this cynic does the bitter-bug
I dance upon ideas with heavy heel and toe
And if you ever cross my path you will become my foe.

I live in Minneapolis, MN.

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Addiction: 2 of 329
Stuff and ThingsThere's things on my stuff! Look! See?Things on my stuff do not amuse me!They dangle and dingle and mingle with gleeThe things on my stuff had better get free!I tried to move my stuff from the floorPulled them high and tied with chain to the door-Oh what a chore!But wouldn't you know it the things they remaine... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dreams are . . .: 2 of 40
Do the trains still run here?Has the engine steam settledIn the ditches along the tracks?Can you feel the distant rumble If your ear is pressed against the rail?a rhythmic rap, a tap-tap, tap-tap?Have you heard the hollow whistle holler?Through the metal of a trainwarning fields of farmer's grain?Can you stand on timber tiesB... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: War in Iraq: 2 of 34
The Dying War in our Minds......is the War of our SubconsciousIt seems like it is uniquely American to categorize any type of problem that needs surmounting as a "War." We are a very War minded people. We are conducting a War on Drugs, a War on Poverty, a War on Aids, a War on Crime and a War on Terror-some with more enthusia... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Food: 13 of 139
I always thought of Kumquats as being green. Maybe because the 'K' sound was like a fruit I knew, the Kiwi. Funny how never having seen a thing in my life, I knew in my mind what it looked like. I wonder what else I know that I don't know-and when will that tree be shaken, to reveal to me, pleasantly or otherwise, that a Kumq... More..
Travel > Air Travel & Airlines Airplane security in the post 9-11 world: 1 of 8
One of the many things that 9/11 stole from America and the rest of the world was the essence of our airports. Airports were once places where emotions ran raw. A person could participate in a lot of people watching at an airport, and see folks from all over the world at that.More than this was the nature of people. Some woul... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Struggle in life: 116 of 915
The Candle's DanceI watch as the music playsA flame dance with candle waxAnd see a fiery flamenco burnPiquing passions that fiercely churnso hot, wax sweats, yet still somewhereThe silent music plays with flairAnd I fall deep into a dazeAmazed that still in vigorous, The flame compels the wax to lead.So fells the wax from hea... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Animals: 11 of 82
Your dog does not eat the foods that people eat.Your dog does not sleep the sleep that people sleep.Neither does your dog dream the dreams that people dream.It does not spend the money people spend either, and does not laugh at dirty jokes or jokes that are clean. It won't hand out a well-deserved high-fiver. Not unless you t... More..
Sports & Recreation > Basketball (Other) Basketball as entertainment: 1 of 6
Writer's Block and the NBAI've had a form of writer's block lately, though it's not writer's block, exactly. It's more like basketball block, in that I can't turn off the TV long enough to form a cohesive sentence. I'm limited to terse outbursts, shouting at a screen that is, after all, simply projecting small representations... More..
Travel > Travel Planning & Advice Tips for packing light: 6 of 28
"When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money" - Susan HellerI remember traveling to Rome, but my memory recalls the experience for the wrong reasons. It was the pain that sticks with me. Thousand year old cobblestone streets do not do well for the feet,... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Depression: 8 of 35
Charlie Brown is DownCharlie doesn't care anymore. He has had enough of this so called life. It always seems to him more like dying anyway. That is, after all, what life certainly must be aspiring to be-death. It is the end goal. That is what Charlie thinks. Charlie has decided to save living for someone who cares. "Let livin... More..