An Ominous Mistake

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The stuff that's too broad for tight spaces
Open letter to the goblin perched on my brother’s shoulder slowly sawing off his right arm
A message in a bottle about tragedy and adaptation
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I can't let go of my octopus and it won't let go of me
An essay about wood and metal, family roots and uprooted trees, a rollicking ramble over the seven seas
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Confessional Blogger Bullshit
A method to the madness: gaslight yourself into a sense of purpose
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Dispatch from the Tail End of the Story
Sparse autobiographical elements, two items of advice, a thank you note, and poking fun at a long out-of-print poetry collection
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The Everyday War
A prose poem slash diary entry slash anti-war rant with extensive hyperbole, some confessional bits, some contrived bits, and very little structure
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NYC Poor Me
A very condensed, stylized to the point of fiction, barely chronological account of the week I spent in NYC
A Ramble on Work, Creativity, and Self-Talk: Rough-Edged Errata 3/3 and Fin
Third installment in this digressive aside that attempts to level out the generally bleak vibe of the first two sections because life is too short
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