19Sep 2016 Ralph Freda

I’ll Say Goodbye To You But Not To Love

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The 8 a.m. zombie brigade files past me for the final time... Neighbors, who have found too late in life that they have been slighted... Along halls, riding elevators, and... Read More
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Here’s to hope; that love and mystery be eternal, suffering not. – mh clay

17Jul 2015 Ralph Freda

Sixteen Inspired Lines

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It has taken me a lifetime to learn that the Moon - in all its mystery - is simply itself ... and this is the hardest thing to learn I... Read More
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Oh, Moon! Tell us the sound of one hand counting… – mh clay

6Oct 2014 Ralph Freda

I am now at a place

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I am now at a place I once was... A long time ago, and a couple of lifetimes ago... Now I allow the beautiful far-out songs to roll in like... Read More
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Learning to surf… – mh

4Jul 2014 Ralph Freda

A Little Ghost Story (The Intruder)

When Joanne DuMont first opens her eyes in the morning it usually follows an intense night of waitressing. She has already slept late (9:30, or so) and relishes her slow mornings to herself. She’d waitressed all her adult life, raised a son (now grown) by herself, and now enjoys her... Read More
29Dec 2013 Ralph Freda

I Grew Up In California

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Rosy pictures of yesterday I realize Were not so rosy, then My whole body breathes you But how am I to see you In the wake of other men So... Read More
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You learn what it is to be alive the moment you realize you’re dead. – mh

31May 2013 Ralph Freda

Spiraling Somewhereward

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The thought that life can begin in your tummy if we're not careful freaks me out All these people ordering cappucinos thick and fevered ... am I really interconnected with... Read More
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Lunatic and random, indeed; connections made at your whimsy and peril: A kind look does not a benefactor make. – mh

27Jan 2013 Ralph Freda

I hate T. V.

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I hate T. V. and I hate me ...every bone in my body hurts, but not as much as my mind The blades of the ceiling fan turn so slowly,... Read More
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200 HD channels to enjoy life at its fullest? Plug it in, plug it in! – mh

16Nov 2012 Ralph Freda

ineffable predicament…

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...I'm almost sure, now this particular cloud has passed - I am no longer in the throes of this mysterious gloom that visits me, calls on me, like some horrible... Read More
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Everyone, this weight must carry; everyone, this predicament afflicts. Life is disease and antidote, together. – mh

10Sep 2012 Ralph Freda

Not quite right…

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(twilight; edge of sleep) bicycles leaning against houses waiting for tomorrow's school day (everybody's inside, dying or dead) the television set's blue ghost-light, dancing off walls, of darkened rooms Read More
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Better to be outside, watching… waiting… – mh