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Jack Burden

God is love.

We love because he first loved us.

Nov 8, 2022

Nov 8, 2022

Dave Chappelle, Gen-X, Alabama football, the Machine, and the Creed

Like everyone my age, I love Dave Chappelle. When I first encountered him in the movie Half-Baked, I thought it was just goofy, if…

Oct 26, 2021

Oct 26, 2021

The Trum(p)an Show.

Today, a new president was inaugurated. I have no desire to try to articulate what this means. There has been and will be so much ink…

Jan 21, 2021

The Trum(p)an Show.

Jan 21, 2021

On your own two feet.

Today is Father’s Day, and I wake up alone. I will pick up you and your sister at 9 AM. But as I lie here, just after dawn, it occurs to…

Apr 24, 2020

On your own two feet.

Apr 24, 2020

Water

Deep within a skull-sized lair,

Feb 15, 2019

Water

Feb 15, 2019

This rain is a gentle rain

This rain is a gentle rain Not a mist but not a downpour A cleansing of earth and air and soul. A rain that forces one indoors, yes, but…

Jan 30, 2018

Jan 30, 2018

The Code

For my kids.

Nov 29, 2017

Nov 29, 2017

I hope you see the good and not the bad

I hope you see the good and not the bad

Nov 27, 2017

Nov 27, 2017

A sonnet for my daughter

When first I met the wellspring of my joy,

Jul 19, 2017

A sonnet for my daughter

Jul 19, 2017

jeffrey

up in the corner, way up high,

Jan 12, 2017

jeffrey

Jan 12, 2017

Jack Burden

Jack Burden

Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.

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