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Jack Burden

God is love.

We love because he first loved us.

13 min readNov 8, 2022

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Jack Burden

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…

6 min readOct 26, 2021

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Jack Burden

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…

5 min readJan 21, 2021

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The Trum(p)an Show.

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Jack Burden

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…

10 min readApr 24, 2020

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On your own two feet.

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Jack Burden

Water

Deep within a skull-sized lair,

2 min readFeb 15, 2019

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Water

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Jack Burden

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…

2 min readJan 30, 2018

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Jack Burden

The Code

For my kids.

2 min readNov 29, 2017

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Jack Burden

I hope you see the good and not the bad

I hope you see the good and not the bad

1 min readNov 27, 2017

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Jack Burden

A sonnet for my daughter

When first I met the wellspring of my joy,

1 min readJul 19, 2017

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A sonnet for my daughter

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Jack Burden

jeffrey

up in the corner, way up high,

1 min readJan 12, 2017

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jeffrey

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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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