Author: Tripping Raul
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Small miracles
I ran into the house and quickly dropped the groceries and, panicked, did a 180 at 190 mph back out to the truck, but what I saw made my blood run cold and hot all at once and I screamed, “Don’t move! Don’t move!” But he took a step toward…
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Sharing the dream
Dreading the coming week, I’d had a couple glasses of wine Sunday afternoon and headed to bed early. Like, 8-ish. So when I awakened and it was still dark, I figured it was 4-ish and I wondered why the boys were still watching TV and Edison’s Black Dahlia got defensive…
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Transitions
Dammit! The doc’s colorful character doesn’t resonate unless I talk about the tidbits that are irrelevant to the article. Having to kill my darlings and I hate that. Oh, and look at this! A graph is in there twice, which spot is better? Augh! The transitions on both of the…
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Remake
I feel as if I should be able to simply say, “All right. Body is breaking down. Time to turn it off and go home.” But it’s not that easy and most people think I’m odd for having that notion in the first place. Without that option, I guess I’ll…
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Puss and boots
The entire line of business people waiting for the 122X watches me as I stumble like a drunken whore to my place at the bus stop. Old women, middle aged men, fat people, smokers and various other weary souls look me up and down, assessing the appropriateness of a 40ish…
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Deep, important thoughts on a Tuesday evening
“Hahaha. Pththththttt. I had visions, I was in them, I was looking into the mirror to see a little bit clearer all the rottenness and evil in me.” Harvey Danger. “Yes, yes.” Who are you singing to today? “Nobody. Jus’ me. Hear the voices in my head, I swear to…
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Come out and play
Tsk! Now, now. You ought not take anything I say (or write) seriously, not in the least. I might stomp and swear a bit, but that’s simply in the moment. The next moment, oh, all right, maybe hour or day, I will likely feel quite differently about whatever it was…
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Someone saved my life tonight
Who will it be? Who will it be? It seems like every time I hit rock bottom, when I feel like I’m crawling through life’s wretched, twisted, corroded debris, someone unknowingly grabs me from the edge. My brain has been working in overdrive again and when the mental marathon gets…
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Alone
Excellent conversation with Edison’s Black Dahlia about life, death, spiritualism, heaven, hell . . . so, yes we were talking about Avenged Sevenfold. He was nearly asleep the first time he heard the bridge in Wicked End, he tells me, and it was so intense it woke him up and…
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Stripped
The strength of the Ringbearer is failing. In his heart, Frodo begins to understand the quest will claim his life. ~ Galadriel The line had been rolling through my head for days, but it wasn’t until now that I realized what Galadriel saw was not a potential future, but rather the future. I equated “claiming his…
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