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Cheap Vacations

Blurb: The first book I ever wrote was meant as a joke. Well, it was supposed to be, anyway. I wrote this story about the girls who teased me in grade school. Everyone knows that kind. I wrote about how they called me fat, ugly, and made fun of the one time I tried toContinue reading “Cheap Vacations”

Falling into Trouble 2.0

More inspiration from my upcoming novel, 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙨. You were behind me, waiting for the sinkI’d never been to a bar with a community washbasinWhen you opened your mouth,I thought you would say, “Hi, my name’s Jason.” Instead, you said, “Need a hand?”I laughed in a way I hadn’t in agesWho offers to helpContinue reading “Falling into Trouble 2.0”

Bookstore’s & Beaux

I Will Always Find Love, a poem

While I know some of you may be tired of reading my poetry, statistics show that many still enjoy it. This is for you, you know who you are. You once said, “but for me, you are the end of the road.”Then you created a fork and away you strodeDown a different path, away fromContinue reading “I Will Always Find Love, a poem”

Chasing that First Time High

I wrote the original version of Chasing that First Time High on November 21, 2021, in the notes app of my iPhone. I wrote it knowing it would be used in a book I was writing, and it was published as song lyrics in my novel, Bad Seed. Here is the original version: Ever sinceContinue reading “Chasing that First Time High”

Broken Heart Souvenir, a poem

He said he wouldn’t talk to me for six monthsHe said I needed to grieveHe said he’d wait for meHe said six months would fly by in a breeze He had his own broken heart that needed put back togetherWe were two broken people connected by an invisible tetherI poured my heart into my workHeContinue reading “Broken Heart Souvenir, a poem”