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  1. GraybeardGhost

    Anybody else have a paper problem?

    I admit it: I have a problem. I've posted quite a bit about the state of my apartment—junk, clutter, pigsty, housekeeper, blah, blah, blah–I'm sure you're all sick of hearing about it. This is a little different, or at least I think it is. I have a paper problem. It's only one part of my...
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    Today, I Will Do One Thing

    This morning, I was washing the dishes—because I like to see my kitchen counters once in a while to make sure they're still there—and as I was soaking and scrubbing and rinsing and racking—drying is for suckers—I got to thinking about a girl I knew back in high school. She was a real standout...
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    Corridor of Rooms

    So I'm runnin' down this corridor, only it ain't a corridor, see, it's rooms: small, dingy offices with desks and chairs—that heavy oak stuff like we had before the war, y'know?—little offices all linked together with connectin' doors, one after the other. And I'm runnin' through these rooms...
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    A Day in the Afterlife of GraybeardGhost

    Sunday, February 2, 2014 Hi! It's me, Graybeard, and welcome to my brand-new, self-indulgent, egocentric, journal/diary/weblog/brain-dump/spleen-vent thread. :) I'm sure you already know how these things work, but I'm going to tell you anyway, because I can. This is a place for me to explore...
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    GraybeardGhost's "Dog Story"

    Here's something I conjured up in the last few days, inspired in part by a poem recently posted by another member.* It's just a silly bit of fluff, but I like the metaphor. Sorry it's not more cheerful. Dog Story They tied a tin can to the tail of a dog, And let him run loose down the street...
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    Pretzels

    Dreaming . . . dreaming . . . I'm in Aldi, shopping for pretzels. They don't actually sell the kind I like, but there's one bag of them sitting there on the shelf nonetheless. The manager, a slender, dark-haired woman in her forties, whom I've always found attractive, is there, and she's...
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    GraybeardGhost's "This Is the Time"

    Here I go again: a little something about being in the moment, a skill at which I am very bad indeed. As always, comments welcome and appreciated. This Is the Time This is the time, the quiet time before the singing, shouting, crying time, before the driving and the grinding time, the time...
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    GraybeardGhost's "Quandary"

    Here's a little darkness to brighten your day. It's what happens when a guy like me reads the personal ads on craigslist. Comments welcome. Quandary It is late, this hour of the day, this day of the year, this year, but one of many years in something like a life. It's late—so very late...
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    GraybeardGhost's "Crows"

    Crows Early morning, coffee time: hot and dark and sweet (but bitter from my metal pot), poured into a sacred cup, and taken out to sip upon the porch. Early, silent Sunday morn: cool and dark and sweet, but bittersweet. The feel of fall is in the air: not many mornings left for this, to sit...
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