Threads and Melodies

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Groups of people are scary
He reviewed his family history.
Dec 15

November 2025

Meaning in the eyes of another
Your world went on as fated. All actions pre-ordained. Each wry rebuke, clenched fist, submission observed by you with shame.
Nov 17
Bad manners is just bad manners
Afternoon and Evenings
Nov 13
De-humanization leads to atrocity
Now, his uncle was forgotten by most.
Nov 6

October 2025

We are what we risk
His brother worked every day except weekends and Fridays.
Oct 27
Theory of Melody
He found her dancing. Hair hiding face. Dark. Hands whipping open. Bass. Feet fleeing stillness. Arms arching back. Silence. Climax superfluous as taut…
Oct 17
Nuance is aesthetics
His uncle traveled far and brought back places.
Oct 6

September 2025

The sadness of reading
He wished he hated reading.
Sep 22
Simplifications are powerful
He searched for a restaurant to meet.
Sep 8

August 2025

Niches are big worlds
When he was a boy, a raggedy one at that, he thought he had many friends.
Aug 29
Melodies are our scaffolding
His father loved jazz because of the way his mother danced because of the way her grandfather found freedom against all odds because that was how their…
Aug 25
No sentimentality in simplicity
He knew a fisherman.
Aug 18
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