The Blue Room

My muses pop and saunter They attract like neon lights Their energy always chills me On libertine summer nights There’s one who blows me wishes From just outside of Eden One to call my silly bluffs And listen to my sin One who sparkles like Venus In a pellucid eastern dawn Who hears me in the... Sign in to see full entry.

I feel wide open Like the door to an abandoned house Silhouetted against an evening sky Orange downstairs, blue upstairs Colors shinning through the hollowed out home Where once a family lived A mother cut her children’s hair in the kitchen And a father, alone Drafted architectural renderings for a... Sign in to see full entry.

They teach us to hate each other and as of late, distancing themselves from the rest, sucking up the oxygen that might otherwise refresh our lungs, (freedom needs to breathe you know) they prepare their words carefully to drill their proposals endlessly into our screaming, dying minds would a child... Sign in to see full entry.

No beginning, middle or end. Just a slice of my insane life right now. He turns to me and says, "So you're doctor told you to drink a lot of sugar? Like shouldn't you be drinking water?" The statement was utterly bizarre. What I had in my hand was a glass of Pomegranate Lemonade partially filled... Sign in to see full entry.

You give me nothing I've wanted You give me nothing I'd need But I'm sure you would give me Everything that I begged for If I got down on my knees Try thinking outside the screen, -blu3dog Sign in to see full entry.

I’ve always loved the Fall. Maybe the pressure of the oncoming Winter - the end of the year - pushes me into an extra gear to make things happen. Maybe I just like football and the World Series. Or, maybe it's because school started then. Whatever the reason, I’ve always felt more alive in the Fall.... Sign in to see full entry.

It had all the ingredients of a sensational news story: a young boy in danger, panoramic views of america’s heartland, the national guard being called into action... It was something no one had ever seen before, and the news anchors on CNN and every other network were practically drooling over the... Sign in to see full entry.

I remember the night I realized I was going to die. I sat up in my bed in the corner of my dark room and cried out as loud as I could. Both my parents rushed in through the adjacent bathroom and found me sobbing and terrified; like I had seen something horrible and painful. It took a while to calm... Sign in to see full entry.

"A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth gets it's pants on." That may be. But the truth knows everybody will wait for it. Hello everyone, and thanks for reading -blu3dog Sign in to see full entry.