The New Now

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FELONY ON HER MIND
If she didn’t wake up with a felony on her mind, she considered it a bad sleep.
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DEAR AMERICA: AN OPEN LETTER FOR THOSE WHO LOVE DEMOCRACY
“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” ~ Maya Angelou
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BRING ON THE DELUGE
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SEEING MY DREAMS BETTER
I wear my glasses to bed so I can see my dreams better.
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A Declaration of Interdependence #5
A Declaration of Interdependence #5
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Manifesto #6 / When the Going Gets Weird, Just Try Telling the Truth
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CELESTIAL NIGHTTIME
Out of chaos and mystery emerged darkness, lightning bugs, and fog banks.
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The New Now
The New Now
Welcome to The New Now. I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. I also touch on living through these historical times, quotes on life, writing, books, and freedom of thought.
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