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Doing Nothing To Get Somewhere

Posted on December 11, 2012 by stephenarcher

In an oper­a­tion, some­times, there are moments when I can’t turn back and I really can’t go for­ward. I have to wait and see. Doing more can be worse. Today, I used a sur­gi­cal sta­pler to divide the blood sup­ply … Con­tinue read­ing →

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What Moves, Moves

Posted on November 28, 2012 by stephenarcher

What nature makes is bet­ter. The right angles that I focus on are not found in what flows eas­ily, nat­u­rally. My mind finds the right angles, my heart, the flow. Sim­ple as that. Or this… I can’t write about any­thing new. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Feather of Maat

Posted on November 11, 2012 by stephenarcher

A heart heavy with things undone, with a life unlived is heav­ier than the feather and that heart goes back to try again. A life in which all I have is given away yields a heart lighter than the feather … Con­tinue read­ing →

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This Truck Is Moving

Posted on November 4, 2012 by stephenarcher

Some­one will be pres­i­dent in two days. It will be B.H.O. I will bet any­one read­ing this $100. Bet soon. Pretty soon it will be too late. It might mat­ter who is pres­i­dent. It might also be an out­side issue, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Sun sets on the real world

Posted on October 22, 2012 by stephenarcher

Not sure if I have ever needed any­thing enough to know if I hoped for it for real. Some­thing in me resists hope. Part of it is my per­son­al­ity – I can be, I am, fine with this lit­tle bit, less even, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Is Better Than

Posted on October 13, 2012 by stephenarcher

Curios­ity is bet­ter than know­ing things: Touch this. Touch that: Touch.

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For All Of Us…Goodnight

Posted on September 23, 2012 by stephenarcher

Pay atten­tion. I am not going to waste space here:We look at one another wait­ing for one to change the other. We say to each other and we hear from pro­fes­sion­als, that we attract the peo­ple who amplify our dark … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Forgetting

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stephenarcher

Miller sat across from me in the exam room. The cres­cent scar on his scalp was healed. A month ago there was a six inch divot scooped out from the right side of his head as from a reck­less eight … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Me & This Guy

Posted on August 23, 2012 by stephenarcher

Me and…and this guy Moun­tains, always, between us He gave up I left

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By and Bye

Posted on August 19, 2012 by stephenarcher

A man was put in prison in 2000 some­thing, I don’t know why, didn’t ask. He was trans­ferred to my sur­gi­cal ser­vice. It goes like this: I get a page say­ing to call the trans­fer cen­ter at the hos­pi­tal. It’s … Con­tinue read­ing →

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