Rake the Light: August 2014

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Peace Offering

She saw an ad on Craigslist:
24 HOURS OF PEACE (all caps)
Posted by "LovesHerGun85"
Right above Kardashian Keester Kreme.
"Loves" didn't list a price for the peace, which made her wonder
If she had enough.
Enough of lost and confused.
Enough of sick, sad, wretched.
24 hours is a long time, she reasoned.
Sleep 7 hours
Work another 8-10
TV and PC, another 4
Of course she'd need time to eat and drink something too.
Well, there's simply no time for peace! What kind of sick, deceptive ware is this Loves character hawking?

She lingered on the Internet several more hours, hoping to distract herself from this ridiculous ruse.
It was the same routine every night.
Maybe tomorrow she'd try Googling peace. Use her smart phone or the iPad.
'Like' some new content.
Follow someone tweet-worthy.
Just 24 hours to go.

Photo by Marcus Quigmire, via Wikimedia Commons

Friday, August 8, 2014

Luxury Tag

Tracing the scar on my chest

White lines, hemmed surface

Labor of the blade

Prying finger tips recollect

The battle won
In skin.

Living as proof

Redemption inscribed in flesh

Discovering the splendor of wound.