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Jack's Corner
A Ghost Story
The day was gray and wet. Ugly raindrops fell after the wind blew dark-fingered clouds right over the small town I call home,...
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Feb 25 min read
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This Human Life
I know the moment will come. I will draw my last, my final Uneventful breath. My eyes will close And never reopen. I will have already...
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Nov 27, 20242 min read
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Untrustworthy Intuitions
There’s a beach somewhere, a sunny beach. The waves roll consistently, leisurely, into the shore caressing the already wet sand when they...
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Jun 3, 20244 min read
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Listen To Tadpoles
Some Thoughts on Good Ideas Jack Tangel I’d like to say a lightbulb went off, but I’m not supposed to do that. It wouldn’t be true...
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Dec 11, 20237 min read
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They Sometimes Come Out That Way
The God looked like how you’d expect. He was not a white man. His long gray hair, which stretched past his knees, was scraggly and...
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Oct 25, 202315 min read
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Nothing Is Harder Than A Human Life
Poem 2/2/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sometimes, I would choose to die I know I would I wonder...
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Feb 2, 20231 min read
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On the Death of a Best Friend (RIP Ben) 1/14/23
One year ago today, at 23 years old, I lost my best friend Ben. The words I have written below are my best attempt at a description of...
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Jan 14, 202311 min read
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May There Be Mountains: A Tribute to Ben Brown
1/16/21 (two days after death) Dear Ben, As I sit here in this world that has been stripped of you for a few days now, I am desperately...
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Dec 11, 20223 min read
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