Category Archives: lotus eaters

about people who are not facing the here and now, but have to be there and then on cell phones and ipods

oxygen

Posted on June 12, 2008 by riverwriter

We enter the choir room first impression: the air is stale the windows are locked the accoustical properties are terrific first act: open the windows first law of using the room keep windows shut tight or earn wrath of committee … Continue reading →

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vanity

Posted on June 7, 2008 by riverwriter

and he opened his eyes to see a broad river whose water gleamed swirled jade and amethyst, garnet and sapphire he turned his back on it and looked to the rude mud huts that stood nearby and with his inner … Continue reading →

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Naked at the Mall

Posted on June 6, 2008 by riverwriter

Of course the title of this piece depicts a nightmare: you have been heading for an appointment with somebody important (like St. Peter at the Pearly gates?) and you realize people are looking at you and you are in the … Continue reading →

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