Book of Jamez

55 y/o malcontent, something of a writer

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Random thoughts, unsolicited opinions, personal stories, and the occasional rant. I’ve been around long enough to have a few things to say, and apparently nobody thought to stop me from putting them on the internet.

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  • Psych Ward Baby

    My mother was born in the psychiatric ward of a Navy Hospital, hard telling what my grandma was doing there, but there is some speculation. Some say Grandma was raped, and the trauma was such in 1950, the only thing they knew to do was lock her up, others say, that her affair with the officer went sour and she truly lost it. Regardless, with a start like that she was bound to have the…

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  • Literary Distractions

    I have a lot to read, short stories galore from ENG 112, and World Literature II and I love it. The problem? I keep seeing other stories in the book that I want to read – Faulkner, Morrison, Hawthorne, Le Guin… so very many. I get distracted in stories not on my syllabus, which is bad.I’m supposed to write synopses on what I’ve been told to read, but I really want to write this or…

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  • New World – review

    The new movie out, New World, starring Colin Farrel and Batman Begins star Christian Bale is a story based on John Smith and the Indian Princess. I personally don’t remember the story the way the movie protrayed it, but I heard the director went for accuracy. I only went to the movie because there was a chance my friend, Suzanne, would be in it. She had signed on as an extra, and sure enough saw…

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  • I long…

    I long for his calloused hand in my hand, his heart beat pounding in time to mine.I long for the feel of his lips and his tongue, the taste of sweat and passion.I long to brush my fingers ever so softly against the fur on his chest.I long for the electrifying caress of his hand as it roams my body.I long to be a part of him, to be a part of something more.

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  • Kick of the past

    Self Defense class, first actual learning. We learned how to stand, hold our hands, pay attention and pivot. I’m sore in places I didn’t know I had places, but I know it was a great workout which pleases me. The instructor went on to show us a kick, and the kick triggered something in my mind. He showed us the kick again, but this time I saw someone else kicking a figure from my past,…

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  • Father Winter

    The winds howled his nameAgainst the window panesyet I failed to heed their sirenSkin shivered as his icy fingersGrasped for my raspy throatBy the time I noticed he had arrived it was to lateLife in the thousands had met their fateHis tracks lay bare for all to seeFather Winter had come againMet by my own misery

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  • Look up in the sky…

    It’s Superman! a Novel by Tom De Haven Lies, smoking, sex and hate items usually associated with Superman’s villains, are shown in the not so alien life of Clark Kent. His awkwardness and feelings of being so very alone in the universe are apparent in this novel. The death of his mother in the first few chapters acts as the catalyst that sends young Clark, with his friend Willi (who happens to be on the…

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  • For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.

    For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn. – Hemingway As short stories go, they don’t get much shorter. This short story was presented to class yesterday. Could it be that the wanna be grandmother, hearing that an important announcement was to be made by the newlyweds puchased the shoes? Only to discover the announcement was they were buying a house? Or is it the father selling the shoes, because his baby died. The mother is still…

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  • Rocket in Flight

    His name was Rocky, but his mom and dad called him Rocket. In his eyes you saw undying love and devotion. He would eat anything and everything: mail, dog food, caulking guns, slippers… He peed whenever he got happy… which was all the time, he was the happiest dog I have probably ever met. “Hi Rocky” dog pees…. Look in an area NEAR Rocky and the dog pees….Pet Rocky dog pees… He honestly was the…

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  • Living to learn again…

    My classes are all sorted out now, I requested special permission to attend ENG 252 (world literature) from the English department, who was happy to accomodate. ENG 252 is completely virtual, but my instructor is my professor from last semester, so it should be fine. My first English class (ENG 112) was a lot of fun, I think I will enjoy my new instructor. He truly kept my interest, and was funny to boot! He…

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