Tag: Quiet

• The Latvian Eye Clock

  5 Jun 2025

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  I stare at a blank mind. The paint has run dry. I have no color in which to recite the words of a Latvian king. The clock is a dot, numbers all nonsense like anti-gravity wine in a spaceship. I feel as if I need to bang my head against…

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  + 500 or Less, Confessions, Dark Dreams, Free-Range Verse, Personal Essay, Psychological

  + Clocks, Fear, Financial struggle, Latvia, Peru, Quiet, Worry

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• Have you heard of shutting your face?

  12 May 2022

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  I went to the local public library as an experiment in trying to get some peace and quiet so I could get some writing done. It failed miserably. Instead, what I found was a den of inconsideration for the needs of others. I guess that’s no surprise these days. As…

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  + Commentary, Have You Heard Of?, Humor, Personal Essay, Social Comm

  + Awards, Frustration, High School, Library, Quiet, Rude People, Writing

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