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Pride and Governments

Posted on August 29, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

I’ve done a lot of thinking over the years about systems of government and I’ve come to one conclusion: they ALL fail to one extent or another. Why do they fail? There’s a myriad of reasons; surely, some are specific … Continue reading →

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Blue Upon Blue

Posted on May 23, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

The world may be your oyster, I am swallowed by it until every sigh or sullen wish becomes a nebulous sign in a foreign sky. It is in that world, blue upon blue, that light dazzles only briefly, spent as … Continue reading →

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Soaring

Posted on April 15, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

With our feet firmly planted and our pupils pinned to the sky we dream. Bones still growing, teeth departing with a yank and pants that fit us just yesterday, we shout out to a world that would prefer we remain … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Color

Posted on March 1, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

I would rather be a window than a wall. You could see through me then and it would matter to both of us in different ways. Before I was born I had not been meant to be. Do you think … Continue reading →

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Remade

Posted on October 17, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

“Remade”                                 June 12, 1984 Take a look at me with the bats in my backyard and the spider webs on my wings, I am … Continue reading →

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others might see

Posted on August 13, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

In the glaring light of day we parcel out upon the world our blame and condemnations, our envy and frustrations, our Herculean efforts to be strong. In the deepest shadows of night we offer to God our hopes and fears, … Continue reading →

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Almost Green

Posted on August 3, 2013 by theminstrelscitadel

It is almost green again, the world. Almost new, almost a reflection of something no one has ever seen. I dream a dream that repeats itself, familiar similar faces spaces and streets. To dream other wise would be prophecy, no? … Continue reading →

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