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24 Mar 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The red dress The dark clouds gathered over the month of November and finally the storm burst one night in one loud thunderclap. It wasn’t the end. It was the beginning of tearful apologies on one’s knees and pitiful whimpering. I’d never seen thi...
24 Mar 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
I could see right away that these people were not Indians. Nor were they scrupulously white. Their skins were tan and without ointment. We could see this because the men were shirtless and in shorts. The women also wore shorts and co...
24 Mar 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Melina Mehr
“Sepideh Qolian” is a young Iranian activist who has become one of the symbols of resistance in the 2022 Iranian revolution This unbelievably brave woman, who was arrested during the labor protests 5 years ago along with several workers, has been...
24 Mar 2023 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist
The wind whispers secrets to the trees, As they sway gently in the breeze, The birds sing their joyful melodies, As nature dances in harmonies. The world is alive with beauty and grace, And all around us, we see its embrace, The sun shines...
24 Mar 2023 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist
The darkness creeps in like a silent thief, The moon hides behind a veil of clouds, The wind howls through the barren trees, As I wander through this ghostly shroud. Shadows dance along the misty ground, As whispers echo through the night, I feel a...
23 Mar 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
Paris, city of love. Dave told me he became a heroin addict some five years earlier while visiting Amsterdam for six months. His parents were rich and he said his grandmother was one of the richest women in Israel. He was an only child, no sibli...
23 Mar 2023 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist
Softly falls the morning dew, On leaves and petals, fresh and new, The sun's first rays begin to creep, As birds awake from peaceful sleep. The world is stirring, alive and bright, And all is new, fresh, and light, The day is full of possibility, A...
23 Mar 2023 9 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
By summer we’d reached flatlands, once the farmlands of America. Now they were grasslands dotted with woods and lakes and crisscrossed with streams. In some places we came upon forests of young trees. The rainfall of the last decade,...
23 Mar 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Diomedes
The line at the Methadone clinic. The only other people we met in those four months was our neighbor, Felicia and her three-year-old daughter. She lived in the unit next to ours. She was in her early twenties, a little overweight but sexy, and our...
23 Mar 2023 1 minute read 1 comment The Virtual Idealist
The moon glows softly in the night sky, A beacon of hope, a tranquil guide, Its light casts shadows upon the land, A mystical presence, so serene and grand. The stars twinkle above, a heavenly sight, Their shimmering beauty, a cosmic delight, A mil...
