Mental Health
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The Luckiest Person Alive
Luck > Noun [mass noun] success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own action. Oxford English Dictionary. Not to diminish all the hard work I’ve put in over the years to succeed and fail—sometimes it feels… Continue reading
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Nervous Breakdown
I don’t know about you, but I think something is terribly wrong. I think the people of the United States of America are having a nervous breakdown. Every day you hear/read/see stories about hate/violence/anger/really hateful anger/with words and guns/knives/cars, all… Continue reading
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Bargain With the Devil
We’ve all done it. Even if we don’t admit it. We make a bargain with the Devil, the evilness in life, to get something we really want. Thinking that it’s okay. Just this once. With our bosses. With politicians. With… Continue reading
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Contradictions
Ignore The Rules Dicktator Teach Patriotism Blackout The Truth Arms Race Prioritize Life Hunt Anti-Christians Fiction Deport Illegals Euro Nation Fire Federal Workers Strangle Oversight Smash Regulations We Die End EPA Who Cares Dump Social Security Let Old People Die… Continue reading
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Something Is Terribly Wrong
The bargain seemed simple enough. If Donald Trump were elected to another term as president- and I’m paraphrasing here- we would see the most significant period of prosperity in the history of our country. Again. Or for the first time?… Continue reading
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CHAOS.
I’m reviewing my memory disks(I mean U.S. history) traveling way backbefore my time when the world=CHAOS. Colonialism ImperialismSlavery GenocideExploitationWorkers of the WorldUnite(no one is going to protect you)the color of your skinthe skin of your color(the first U.S. Civil War)=CHAOS.… Continue reading
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Fear and Loathing in America
“The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are… Continue reading
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Inside My Brain, Through My Heart
The following writing samples are the final products of free writing exercises I refer to as “Exercising Those Writing Bones.” These were part of my Theatre 389 Playwriting class during the Fall 2023 semester at CSULB. We received various prompts… Continue reading
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Suicide by Living
This poem is based on an incident I witnessed while visiting San Francisco. This is not a slam against the city. This could have been any city or town in America. There is something wrong with a nation where anyone,… Continue reading
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Breaking Eggs
“You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.” Robert Louis Stevenson 1897 “Breaking people ain’t the same as breaking eggs. All you get are broken lives.” Antonio Pedro Ruiz 2025 According to my handy Google AI Overview, when you ask… Continue reading
