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January 31, 2019abysspost

Aphorisms – 5

Should you ever doubt the second law of thermodynamics, release your children in any room in the house and wait longer than one minute.

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November 11, 2018May 17, 2020abysspost

Conversations with myself – #3

What did you want to be as a kid? I ask you – myself – what did you want to be as a kid? Did you want to be a slave to your obsessions? To your insecurities? Did you want to feel trapped inside your own mind? Did you pine to be, just simply long […]

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July 31, 2018July 31, 2018abysspost

The fortress nursery

I am a play-acting leader wandering aimlessly, Trudging up and down each ridge and valley, Marching headstrong on twisted paths unknowing; Eager to say ‘Here is the way, follow me.’   I set off young, ill-equipped, and eagerly, To a distant snow-capped peak I aimed to journey, Heavy burdensome pack filled to overflowing; Doubt, inexperience, […]

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July 3, 2018March 16, 2020abysspost

Happiness lost is always found within

January 13th, 2005 It is a new year and the streets of Bamberg are still free of snow. My son was born Wednesday, December 8th, 2004, at 3:39 in the afternoon. Enan Franz smiled on his first day of life, and poured forth his innocence and purity, bringing clean tears to this dirty face. Your […]

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May 25, 2015July 7, 2018abysspost

Fatherhood – a poem

Silence reason and there, within A fruit of consciousness and reflection, Pushes like a force against the walls of the mind, Like the beauty of a cloudless morn, Something indescribable. On another plane, When you were young, paddling A warcraft canoe with your dad – captain, On Frog Lake in the failing light, Toward your […]

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