him a note, telling him
that his
father has died.
peacefully
in his sleep,
at 95.
he writes
back.
i don't care.
i have no answer for that.
no reply.
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- welcome Greenland
- the three month no refund yoga class
- your Saturday clothes
- more of an inside guy
- a new face to live with
- we just don't get along dagnabit
- lost and never found
- i can beat that
- plowing the field
- too much information
- the senate confirmation hearings
- her girlfriends
- let's go for a ride
- with the green sea behind you
- stick to your guns
- in praise of old windows
- i have no answer to that
- chocolate cake and you
- the martini days
- mums the word
- can we have some?
- getting even
- towards the waterfall
- see you at 8 for dinner
- climbing the white tree
- layers of dust
- everything must go, come on in
- clipping coupons
- lie down beside me
- the endless sending of photographs
- don't say yes
- the smelt are thriving
- a dozen x's and o's
- why is God punishing me like this?
- press one and hold
- the almost amended will
- in the land of Oz
- three culinary experiences
- all these tasty bugs
- there's just ashes
- all those winter coats
- the lids are stuck on some
- making the crops come up
- when the world became clear
- the sheet cake
- searching for buried treasure
- kumbaya
- the pink horizon
- you can't stop what's coming
- eating alone on a Saturday night
- hanging on for dear life
- Oh, those nurses
- a little mystery
- the old sailor
- i don't expect the phone to ring
- pack light and go
- her muddy crystal ball
- before the sun rose
- one brown mouse
- the rise and fall
- let me die in my bed
- the lock box under the bed
- Thomas the cat
- the short and sweet obit
- please go on, i'm just going to nap a bit
- you can see how busy i am
- the ambivalent mourners
- one less rabbit in the garden
- and just like that
- the carrier pigeons
- the slight of hand
- but then what?
- wishful thinking
- the uneventful end
- the enormous enchilada
- flying cold chickens
- it's hard to leave
- everything beautiful
- what would silence mean?
- idle hands
- your silent joy
- untying her knots
- when you're far or near
- waiting for joy to fall
- we're here for you
- keeping up with the neighbors
- scotch on the rocks
- the cars i left behind
- who wants that?
- all of your Joe's and Mary's
- just one night
- the white field
- you look familiar, do i know you?
- one more for the road
- the word on the street
- when meeting out of context
- the new car salesman
- our original weight
- the early morning stretch
- lost in the funhouse
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About Me
- Stephen Chute
- west springfield, virginia, United States
- these are all FICTIONAL stories and characters and are in no way representative of any real experiences in my or anyone else's life. any similarities are purely coincidental, except for the dog poems.
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