b99 (2.22-1.2021): grocery store bartender

grocery store bartender [1] 
by avalue d. s. hopper
 
shopping cart in park
coffee isle (on bender)
deli section (dark)
grocery store bartender
 
seafood, meat, candy-treats,
donuts, soup and spam
grocery store bartender
time to take a stand

...and be the man
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[1] martino, j. (2.22-1.2021). grocery store bartender. book 99: the february chill. © 2021 by joal martino. 

b99 (2.18-1.2022): every bit: a his-story

every bit: a his-story [1] 
by a. h. istorian

alternative titles:

every bit a my-story

every bit a kid’s story

 
every single moment, of every single day
every single instant, in every single way
every single me-mory, or thought of future (worry)
every single bit of this, a hint of y/our his-story
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·         be-cause it’s all you’ve got: thoughts.
 
·         brain-waves of memories.  worries of future hell and hopes/beliefs of potential heaven. 
·         maybe… you control those thoughts… or (just maybe) free will is a man-made concept that makes men feel better… and you have absolutely no control… over anything!
 
absent sitting on a cloud and listening to harp-music for the next eternity (no food, no alcohol, no drugs, no sex, no illness or pain, no loss and no gain) …if you’ve ever really contemplated heaven, billy joel’s “Only the Good Die Young!”…sounds about right.
 
…but (absent heaven), all we have is the thoughts and memories that we can tap into…
 
Now.
 
…and all of it… the chills and the spills and the thrills… and the agony of defeat: it.is.all. y/ours …forever.
 
the middle.
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[1] martino, j. (2.18-1.2021). every bit: a his-story. book 99: the february chill. © 2021 by joal martino.

b99 (2.9-1.2021): crybaby vs. bully

crybaby vs. bully [1]
by di s. gusted 

crybaby vs. bully

it’s painful to see

just a bunch of d--k-waving is all it is (to me)

 

we sit (after school) and pay attention to it (fully)

a foregone conclusion:

crybaby vs. bully

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·       the working (wo-woooo)man understands that the bully is going to get off... again.

·       the crybaby is going to (sort-of) get his way and get his say… but the bully has the power (today).

·       another perfect, faux-news-worthy display of the worst of the u.s.a.

·       no wonder most of us plebes believe that nobody (with an agenda) is even remotely capable of telling the truth.

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[1] martino, j. (2.9-1.2021). crybaby vs. bully. book 99: the february chill. © 2021 by wellnesseducation.us.  

b99 (2.5-2.2021): he's a lonely king

he’s a lonely king [1] by charlie hess

he’s a lonely king

up there on his throne

now that all the knights and bishops (even castles) gone

now he watches as his pawn becomes another queen

now he cries (he says goodbye) as queen mates other king

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·        in chess, the queen of one side can often be intimately involved in the mate of the opponent’s king.

·        how, in any universe, can that be thought of as a win?

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[1] martino, j. (2.5-2.2021). he’s a lonely king. book 99: the february chill. © 2021 by joal martino. 

b99 (2.4-1.2021): open/shut: acquit

open/shut (acquit) [1] 
by repu b. licaticiuos

open/shut (acquit)

guilty (let him go)

it’s okay to lie (deny what everybody knows)

just in case you’re wondering: the senate loves a twit

seeing red (it’s in your head), it's

open/shut: acquit

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without tapping into a nanosecond of impeachment news, any 3^rd grader could predict the defense, as we’ve seen it all play out over a 5-year span.  here’s what he will say (sometimes through l[ie]awyers):

·        i didn’t do it/say it!

·        okay, okay,  i  did it/said it... but i didn’t mean it that way (e.g. you misinterpreted my words/actions).

·       what i did/said wasn’t wrong.  it wasn’t against the law.

·        so what if it is against the law?  i’ll do it again, anyway, and you (liberals) can’t stop me!

((in fact, nobody will stop me.))

the interesting thing about this defense is that, like any good playlist, you can select “repeat & shuffle” followed by turning the sound waaaaaay up… and the law-makers won’t miss even the tiniest wink of sleep tonight.

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[1] martino, j. (2.4-1.2021). open/shut (acquit). book 99: the february chill. © 2021 by joal martino. 

*fun-fact: joal martino is a registered republican who has voted democrat and progressive and independent.  who would have guessed?

b99 (2.1-2.2021): the big chill

the big chill [1]
by connie hill

some call it ‘expansion’

others drift away

some predict that we’ll no longer see the stars (someday)

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·        the big chill is the expansion of the universe to the point of an absolute zero temperature state.  long before that, it will appear that the stars have disappeared.

·        a big chill (in the urban dictionary) is a person who “clears the room” upon entering, due to his detested personality traits.

·        in both cases, separation.

 

when Union separates to its Ultimate End, it might be difficult to find One-self, even for the Is.

 

question: does separation cause coldness, or does an absolute zero cause separation?

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[1] martino, j. (2.1-2.2021). the big chill. book 99: the february chill. © 2021 by joal martino.

[2] the universe expansion - Bing images