Category Archives: character sketch

Goodbye Greetings

Posted on December 8, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Goodbye… Hindsight. I’ve heard goodbye whispered softly to my ear, through such sweet lipsAnd I closed my eyes so I didn’t have to see her go…waiting, that such gentle a sound would not carry very far into my heart. That … Continue reading →

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Inexplicable Certainty

Posted on December 2, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

The thought keeps cycling in my mind and I don’t know why. I’ve sensed less than this of things I’ve known more. The quiet inward search for facts fascinates me, but even more so that I cannot contain a smile … Continue reading →

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Life in Three (explained in 9.8.2004)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I recite all my blessings As is known to happen occasionallyA moment of tranquil lucidityI glimpse my life in sets of three. Guilt for fucking everything up…sometimes I’m so far in it, I can’t quite figure it out. But there … Continue reading →

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JUNE 3, 2005 Balcony Musings

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

And the thing that really makes it ironic, is that it isn’t. And so the bottle opener from the Bahamas easily opened the bottle of Red Stripe from Jamaica. There begins the longest 50 minutes in history. The bright star … Continue reading →

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Prey Animals (12/20/06 coming home from Australia)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

In the lost ends of a long field, the creature stood – brushed in a bristling mahogany coat, dusted with honey and java. I could only stand there swaying imperceptibly on the dying grass. From his flanks, a slight swirl of steam lifted … Continue reading →

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MOMENTS

Posted on September 5, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Each moment – for an instant – is the beginning of the rest of your life; like the first pearl slipped onto a string. When you look back at the beauty across time, the primary compulsion is to find the … Continue reading →

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autofox

Posted on August 8, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

My body spends most it’s day leaking fluids… Sputtering, shuddering – making wrong turns. It has an unpleasant odor under the hood. My smile is like the evergreen “car-freshener,” dangling on a rear view mirror. When I smile, it usually … Continue reading →

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It’s All About Teeth

Posted on April 14, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Drenched – 1 part wine, 2 parts anticipation; Waking up to 5 parts sensibility. Morsels of Fritos and homemade chocolate chips, Wedged and fermenting in the crags of my molars; and it’s back to the brush; Truth hisses and stands … Continue reading →

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Ice Fissures

Posted on April 14, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Spheres of air are trapped in the fibrous fissures. A million ends of cilia resonating in my ear, Vibrating my mind down a silent gauntlet of blurred memories. The tether of vision slips the loop of modesty And goes slack … Continue reading →

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Gadaffi, Diamond, and Me in the Basement

Posted on April 9, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Neil Diamond can save the world…woke up this morning from a dream in which Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi is living in my childhood home basement. It is a finished basement, with a low ceiling, and it smells like the faint flatulence … Continue reading →

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