Tales from the Exit Ramp

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Meaning or Being?
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Meaning or Being
The geezer has sat silent on the shelf for too long now. He apologizes. The older he gets the slower he goes. The older he gets the more difficulty he…
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Old Man
Way, way back when, if you’re old enough, you may remember a song called Old Man River. It was about the tribulations of being black, specifical…
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Forgiveness
There’s a post of this same name, just out. It’s about the burden an unforgiven wound can place on a person’s life, and it poses some question a…
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Forgiveness
Somebody did you wrong. Somebody betrayed you, broke your heart, messed up your life. It might have been a parent, a sibling, somebody you were in love…
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A Community of Geezers
So, my geezers, Here’s what’s happening. A lot of what’s been getting posted here comes from a book in draft. Recently the geezer was told, by p…
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Four Hands
It's summer, the season to be lazy. Here's a poem from a few years back. Rest easy. Feel deeply.
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Tales from the Exit Ramp
Being a geezer and making a trip of it.

Tales from the Exit Ramp

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