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Monthly Archives: May 2016

Water Mischief

Liquid breath laughs laps against a stoney shore rebounding into a path of cobblestone glass tempting us to an unwritten horizon.

Posted byGarrick van BurenMay 23, 2016May 24, 2016Posted inPoem

Awaiting

The still shoreline a patient sawblade the color of spent charcoal and spilled blood. Miles away a lonely lighthouse.

Posted byGarrick van BurenMay 23, 2016Posted inPoem

Laffer Curves in Everything

What if you knew that applying more effort would only make things worse? How would you proceed? Would you heed the warning? Would you stop? Or would you continue applying effort blind to the deteriorating results? I achieved burn out by expecting outsized results from an ever heroic effort. At the time, I didn’t know …

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Posted byGarrick van BurenMay 10, 2016May 10, 2016Posted inEconomics

Flat

sloppy, cold rain drops drop a parking lot of glaring headlights onto my glasses as I warily kick the arm of a reluctant lug wrench in brand new flip flops.

Posted byGarrick van BurenMay 7, 2016May 7, 2016Posted inPoem
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