Tag: nature
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A Bird Cries
It grows silent as the Earth inhales Tentative, reminding of how How quickly something can become nothing
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A Fall Sunday, 2016
Google maps says the bus should have been here at 1:26. It was 1:29 at that point. The bus may have been early, but I had been at the stop for five minutes. More likely, it was late. Seattle in the early fall wasn’t a bad place to wait. It wasn’t raining today, and I…
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A Long Strange Trip: Welcome to Taiwan
Tyler Golec, “It has been a long strange trip,” said Chris when my part was all done. It all began though in July 2014. “America made me rich!” The Taiwanese-Japanese said again. “What did you do?” I asked, accepting another beer. “I was a bartender,” he said. “I sold beer at a store before…
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Princesses of Muerning, part 1
Chapter 1 A long time ago, this story began in a castle, as stories like this often do. Its towers rose from the mountainous slopes like crystal spears, as cold and hard as the ice of the mountain that the castle was carved from. It was warm inside though, where the two sisters played. One…
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Wildfires
By Tyler Golec Dreaming of wildfires Stoking them with this Rage filling every crevice Of my just human self Being of Flesh blood and I dream of wildfires Burning this Anything Burning this Everything Burning this Self And here I am on empty But still burning on Fumes of dreams past Dreams coming…
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And We Howl
Tyler Golec I’ve seen the brightest among us tossed Mangled, bodies strewn on train tracks Spirits now, riding the rails to Cyberus To raise a glass with Hemingway And adventure with Hunter S. Thompson Far away from this here bat country Where shiny vampires sell novels And Bram Stoker rolls in his grave …
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Wild Heart
Tyler Golec I shall not return to the kingdom For I let satan touch me It is through the wild places The wild creatures With nature’s heart That I shall return to God
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To Write About a Sunset
Tyler Golec “You should write about this,” Josh said looking at the sunset over Taipei. A bright blur sinking into the derelict and aluminum roof tops. “The sunset?” I asked. “I think I will, in some way.” “Yeah man,” Josh said with his camera out. He had put down his beer for a moment…
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America the Beautiful
Tyler Golec America the brave America the so far from perfect But that’s alright with me You have scars that run deep Deep as lashes on slaves backs Your breasts are not so lush You have been suckled so long But you are still trying Still nourishing Corruption and sloth are your cancers…
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Social Time Passing
Tyler Golec Flipping through social pages, passing time Quotes, image, articles, and posted porn That fills today’s news feed The world is ending if you didn’t know China will invade Taiwan And you are probably making these 10! Grievously poor life choices! Also vegans live longer And, do you want a girlfriend with pillows for…
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