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Never ever
Never the popular gal Always retreating to my cave Never the girlfriend always the Friend Never the friend always the enemy The shy girl always last place Never first in his heart He left me without a word Never to return Never the heroine Ever the fragile girl
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Manufactured Writing
The buzz word in manufacturing: teamwork. management often thinks teamwork occurs after long workshops entitled, “teamwork.” How silly of them. It really happens on the manufacturing floor. One person can make or break production with the right/wrong attitude. Accountability. I learned easily how to get people to overcome their resistance to teamwork. I find kindness goes a long way with…
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Factory Story
Heinz is that conscientious worker who always completes every job before him. Yes, Inspector 451 always does his best to get the job done. His eyesight is gone, so he must wear thick glasses to see. He sacrifices for the good of all. Working in the factory is about producing that marketable good. People aren’t marketable. He hunches over his…
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Two Men
I love a man who is really two men. One man loves what he despises. A man sees my frailties as strength. He sees me as weaker and gutless. He is not the man I want. But to deny him is to deny the man. The man holds me with care while he fucks with my head. My heart wants the…
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Business of Essays
What college student has not padded their essays with triple spacing and long bullshit sentences? If you have not, you have not spent enough time in the classroom or you enjoy the smell of your own farts. Teachers futilely teach students the need for brevity in essays. In the workplace your boss will use this technique called ‘active listening.’ Active…
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Goldbrick: Offender
Goldbricking comes from the practice of overlaying gold plating over a useless metal thus appearing valuable. Goldbricking was common word usage during the 1800s. During World War I, it became popular as an army term when a soldier feigns injury, he is known as a goldbrick. Have you ever worked with a coworker who wasted time on questionable activities?…
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Still
If you could be still, wait a moment more. Just be with me. And wake up in my arms one last time. In those doors, you disappear. I wait for you in a fog. It will be okay. You promise. But I won’t cry. My eyes wander down the road while the toes point west. Hearing familiar songs of past…
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The Story of a Man
Sometimes you meet people and never think about the role they have played in your life until much later when you have a conversation about abandonment. My father had sent me on a bus from California to Massachusetts because he no longer wanted me around. This is a story about gratefulness and redemption. On the greyhound, I cried and looked…
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All Tell and No Show
Common wisdom in writing: Show/Don’t Tell. Whenever I begin to write a story, I tell and do little showing. What this means is that you use a passive voice. Everything is past tense or future tense in most cases. Steven Covey, an author came up with a phrase I think of…’act or you will be acted upon.’ In everyday life,…
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