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I know too much about ...

the flavors of bodily fluids

My parents always told me ...

I can do anything

My childhood ambition ...

Be the General of the United States Army - during the Civil War. Hmmmm.

My favorite memory ...

My wife

Why I write ...

Because I have to

My first job ...

Construction Gofer

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Broken heart

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Carpinteria in Winter - The fire's out. Aways, down the beach, over the dune that we used to lie on, the waves slap the shore; beat on it like futile condemnation. I'm shivering from the cold that crept in as the last log collapsed and gave up and the fog rolled in to shutter the stars. Still, in the pit, proudly dying, the orange embers of this great consuming fire linger. Hoping, as the life pours out of them like marbled lava that something anything will come summon the flames again. But it's late. And I'm tired. And you went to bed ages ago. I pour the water, and watch love sputter and...

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