I ask myself sometimes why I keep doing this, rushing in like a dumbass with no plan and leaving with nothing but scars and questions. Just a stupid kid playing dressup, pretending to be hero and falling ass backwards into … Read More
Tears of a Juggalo
There’s a moment in every great leaders rule that they hit the apex and plummet. You endured for so long hiding in the shadows and recruiting the less fortunate to suckle at your jester teat and so far, that’s worked … Read More
Pain Endured
For those not gifted to hide away in their ivory towers, for the everyday schlub just trying to survive, pain is an old friend in Arcadia. From fighting day after day just to survive a single moment to dealing with … Read More
Just Dumb Luck
Two friends walk into a casino, let’s call them Billy and Bob. Both flush with every last credit they have with the plan to strike it big and not only beat the House but prove their philosophy is the only … Read More
The Concept of Teamwork
The very concept of Teamwork should be easy. Trusting another person, even for a moment doesn’t seem like that much of a hard sell. Afterall, in most if not every single person is the need for companionship, the desire to … Read More
Darkened Skies
Have you ever been angry? Not just annoyed or mad but felt true, unmistakable rage that shook down to the very core of your essence to the point all you saw, every thing you felt, every thought you ever had … Read More
Family Portrait Part Two
“It’s funny the change a mere eighteen months can bring. A stupid kid just trying to do the right thing and an overbearing old man simultaneously trying to get him to stop and make him better.” “He was just the … Read More
I Snuck In
When I was a kid, there was this mangy abandoned dog on one of the lower levels. Filthy, flea bitten, absolutely hideous and the kids around my age used to go around, tease it, throw rocks, be utter little shits … Read More
The Right Thing
They say you can never come home. That the echoes of the past can only haunt you so much before you need to move on. I wish we’d learnt that lesson dad because for the past two years, we have … Read More