Monthly Archives: April 2014

Francis (The Woman Who Bucked the Bronco)

Posted on April 10, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

No one will remember her and that is why I speak her name. Francis Farmer. Hollywood saw a Hit dragged from the cranium of one of their own, and so invented a fairy tale so that seats would be filled, … Continue reading →

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Peddler

Posted on April 10, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Each town wears the faces he knows so well. They come to him, puffy and pink with eagerness, their hands like platters of gold. They come, too, sharp and shadowed with greed, and the wares they seek are stark as … Continue reading →

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Little Red Spiders

Posted on April 6, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

She stands in a silent field, a whiskey coat with a blaze on her nose, hooves pawing the soft wet ground. Beyond her the hills teem with many legged things that rustle under last Autumn’s leaves and dodge dew drops … Continue reading →

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Suddenly Alive

Posted on April 5, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Over grown weeds on railroad tracks and leaning telephone poles, crumbling roof tiles chewed up by the wind. Tired streets, yellowing pages rusty iron and dusty old stages, cobwebs dancing suddenly alive, a tempest gusting through cracked window panes. No … Continue reading →

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big head todd and the monsters – ever since ya pulled me under

Posted on April 4, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

“…revolution in the records that play…”

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the pretenders – middle of the road – youtube

Posted on April 3, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

get in the road

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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion (Video) – YouTube

Posted on April 3, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

“… that was just a dream…”

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False Prophet

Posted on April 3, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

The muscles in my neck are violin strings, I breathe into them wish them to tell me something better I know they are a declaration that I dwell in a place not meant for me. I suck in my front … Continue reading →

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No Fortune Cookies Here

Posted on April 3, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

A lazy honey bee I cannot be when I am the disembodied stinger in your arm. The one who helps bring fruit to your trees, no, I’m the one who brings you harm. Tripping and tipping over your heavily laden … Continue reading →

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Belgrade and Kiev, Warsaw and Tears

Posted on April 2, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Peace escapes us all. While the world watched innumerable invading armies laid waste to these cities of antiquity these places where dreams were born and legacies were suckled these places where inhumanity marched for centuries, like an ugly snag in … Continue reading →

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