The AM Intrigue

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  • Lentils, pizza, yogurt

    Lentils, pizza, yogurt

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    Lentils, of course – as I detail here. Other than that, though, I make a pretty decent pizza. Here’s a simple dough recipe. Then just add whatever you want. I do sauce, cheese, onion, garlic, tomatoes, shredded tofu meat, and seasonings (I do black pepper, Italian seasoning, and nutritional yeast). You want the secret ingredient?…

  • Your wish becomes somebody’s command

    Your wish becomes somebody’s command

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    A dull yellow schoolbus rumbles to a halt and out comes a sole student – Mitchell Green. Without looking back, Mitchell begins his short walk home – no more than a mile. He feels the bus rumble away behind him, the vibrations pulsing through the road up through his sneakers and body. A forward swing…

  • The magic is in the gaps

    The magic is in the gaps

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    Ha! There’s a pile of anxiety-related books on my coffee table waiting to be read. I am currently reading the Selected Stories of Robert Walser and it is very good – in fact, it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a while (it was recommended to me by the clerk of a communist…

  • Hope at the End of the World #2

    Hope at the End of the World #2

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    Hope is a star Burning radiantly Distant as the universe Yet beautiful and infinite The End of the World Is pocked by violence And endless division But, like the Star Who eventually explodes In wondrous marvel Hatred can shapeshift And become light Like the dying Star Hope persists Oft hidden Or covered by cloud But…

  • Hope at the End of the World #1

    Hope at the End of the World #1

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    Hope at the End of the World Is elusive and evasive Hiding amidst a slew of chaos, Bad news, hate, and helplessness Beaten down, though still flickering Even if faint and nearly exhausted Hope at the End of the World Is real, awaiting your return To its warm embrace Hope at the End of the…

  • Different

    Different

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    Everything could be done differently. In fact, everything is done differently; that’s the (beauty of the) subjective human experience. But, that’s me ignoring the question. What could I do differently? A lot of things, certainly, but many things are probably so ingrained and unconscious that they’d be extraordinarily difficult for me to do differently. Anyway,…

  • A Surreptitiously Obtained Roll of Film (Part 2)

    A Surreptitiously Obtained Roll of Film (Part 2)

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    Part 1 Marty plunged onward into the all-consuming dark of the warehouse, his phone’s flashlight doing little but draining battery. Minute after minute passed as Marty crept foreward cautiously, hands and arms extended, careful not to trip over something or bump his head into something. In this fashion, he lost all sense of distance, direction,…