Chapbook Release

NEWS BULLETIN!!!

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Collateral Behaviors – Part 4 (First Draft)

I liked to sing, so while Dr. Pekota attended to his messages in the other room, I absently hummed Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star as I examined his tiny office.
The room was small and cluttered, as I had been expecting.  Heaps of paper littered a small, grey, metal desk and there were still more papers peeking [...]

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Collateral Behaviors – Part 3 (First Draft)

I needed to talk to someone.
The misting, freezing rain had stopped and I ate my Big Turk outside while lighting up another smoke.  The puddles in the parking lot gleamed dangerously icy, so I avoided them as I picked my way nearer to the dank looking tavern next door.  I began to smell desperation, thicker [...]

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Collateral Behaviors – Part 2 (First Draft)

I coughed and sputtered like an engine full of water.  Chas laughed.
“What?  Never smoked before?” she snickered as she drew another long drag from between her gracefully parted fingers.
I shook my head and tried another puff.   This time I tentatively sucked in the grey quid of smoke.  I could almost picture my alveoli filling up [...]

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Collateral Behaviors – Part 1 (First Draft)

He sped away.
The misting rain caused the neon vacancy light of the motel to melt and pool up on the uneven pavement as the night seemed to carry on without me.  I watched the oil that had leaked from his car, mingle with the light puddle and I put my smile back into the jar [...]

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Haiku

I have decided to revive my old haiku for you. I wrote these during the December Poetry Challenge that I flunked out of halfway through.

The haiku format is such an art form. I think that sometimes people take it for granted, but in such a small space, each word is so significant.

Haiku!

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Cassanoway

So, I’m just booting through Part 3 of Collateral Behaviours, but it’s not quite finished yet, so here’s a poem. Some people that enjoy my work consider this my poetic pièce de résistance.

In fact, I dedicate this, with much love, to Livingston. Love ya lady! Don’t worry. Part 3 will be along soon!

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