True Stories
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Apocrypha (A Poem)
One Sunday as a child, I sat in church listening to our pastor deliver a sermon on the Last Judgement. Being a kid with an active imagination, I envisioned angels using TVs to show sinners our sins. In the Anglo-Saxon tradition of poetry, poets used cadence rather than rhyme to weave their spells. These poets… Continue reading
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Oh, Snap!
A highway in Strange Loop, Texas—while driving home today, I hit upon what I believed was a bright idea and instantly snapped my fingers. Then I caught myself and asked aloud, “I wonder who first thought to finger snap when hitting upon a bright idea?” And as my car hugged the curvature of space and… Continue reading