Rain
- Hard Rain with Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, and Minnie Driver
- “I Can Stand a Little Rain” by Joe Cocker
- “The Storm” by Kate Chopin
Category: Scribbles
On Knowledge & Logic
Beware of intellectual grifters.
Reels, Records, & Reads
Gambling
- The Cincinnati Kid with Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, and Tuesday Weld
- “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers
- The Gambler by Fydor Dostoevsky
“19”
Lonesome morning running shoes.
Rain on the way to the
Dollar jail. Forget lying preachers.
Goodbye doctors.
from Four Line Blues Poems
A Party of One
A hollow heart and empty pockets.
Reels, Records, & Reads
Baseball
- Bull Durham with Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins, and Susan Sarandon
- “Centerfield” by John Fogerty
- Go the Distance Baseball Stories by W.P. Kinsella
“Scruples”
The gloaming brings a pulsation.
Here I yield. Thither I go.
At the least I'll pull and all-nighter.
At the most I'll be carelessly disobedient.
The figurative is piffle.
The literal is caution.
from Firsts and Lasts
On Time
There is a brief moment of time between the end of a thing and the realization that the thing has ended.
Reels, Records, & Reads
Relationships Part II
- Unfaithful with Diane Lane and Richard Gere
- “Killing Him” by Amy LaVere
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
“8”
Your mercy letter satisfied my sorry.
Forget the love. Lost any on
Crying blind rain. Take back all
She put on a name.
from Four Line Blues Poems
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