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Contents

Introduction

holocene

her safe place

the spoon diatribe

in the red

free fallin’

spin

so no one told you life was gonna be this way

lunatic

mice, men, and monsters

puzzled pieces

everything involved in getting a trout stamp

a fish story

routines

Neddy dreams of wild ape-men and regular men

snakes on a higher plane

she don’t fade

goodbye #4

I hate all the scooters in the whole world

a wonderful thought... ruined

time flies

a case of too much time on my hands

why I’m not successful as a writer

it tolls for thee

please…

the milkman and human kindness

stranger than strangers

the sterile variety

entanglement

flooded

giving a crap

Can Holding In A Fart Kill You?

the fifth noble truth

all wet

the volunteer state

Burger Place

love me Tinder

hoop dreams

a big heart in a big fish in a small pond

swing low

I am visited by a crow

RetroActiv

I’m no superman

the tiller

the price is right but at what cost?

the elephant

sleepliving

Dear Penthouse Forum

Christopher from Columbus (the aesthetics of lostness)

St. Cleophis: patron saint of incomplete or abbreviated thoughts

2018/2019 (part 1)

let me catch you up

2018/2019 (part 2)

incident in San Juan

who are the monsters?

Love. Sex. Friendship.

year of the cat (roll tide)

his disadvantage (originally titled “her disadvantage”)

World War P

just like Ronnie sang…

give me a hand any day

overheard baggage

Terry’s Chocolate Orange

Director of the ODoPA

drive

Father’s Day

the game

for Peete’s sake

Hollywood bones me yet again

the cornfield

let the balls fall where they may

Milkness

a touchy subject

01134 … a story of terror

take a good look at my Rod

true life incident

Breaking Sad

rrrrrrrr rated

messages in a bottle

snake on a plain

the vagina: to Google or not to Google

the many faces of fate

Gene the hero barber

the audition

a checkered flag

the one where the guy gets three wishes

putting out feelers

let’s make another deal

the amazing Manion

Jerry gets burned

it did feel like Saturday

the stupid crap I think about

first contact

that damn twelfth option

off to the races

who's the beef?

the eyes have it

the power of love

mac and cheese and Andrea

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