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Light on Thorns

Posted on May 2, 2013 by stephenarcher

I haven’t been writ­ing. I haven’t been check­ing in with myself. I haven’t been drink­ing in the life my body is mov­ing through. I have been rais­ing my son. I have been lov­ing my wife. I have been doing my … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Twenty6

Posted on December 19, 2012 by stephenarcher

Twenty6 A to Z. All of them. The let­ters in my words drift away, unmoored, torn away, taken down, by a rip cur­rent. I have twenty6 to work in to some­thing to say, but they, like me, are em ty. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Church

Posted on June 7, 2012 by stephenarcher

There was a preacher in my South­ern Bap­tist Church who, on occa­sion, would men­tion a church-goer who had not given enough money. He called me sev­eral years ago, at the request of a con­cerned cit­i­zen who thought I left the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Can’t Make This Up

Posted on June 3, 2012 by stephenarcher

I am only telling you what I saw. Don’t ask me. I don’t know noth­ing. Couldn’t tell you…had noth­ing to do with it. This is exactly what hap­pened: You have no idea what it’s been like here, Besides I just … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Line Up

Posted on February 4, 2012 by stephenarcher

You might not know that doc­tors’ busi­nesses in the US are going bank­rupt. Mine did. Not me per­son­ally, but the busi­ness. Med­i­cine is a cog in the econ­omy like every­thing else. Lots of cogs are blow­ing out. I have a story, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Burnout

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stephenarcher

My patient had lit­er­ally burned a hole in his tiny, new stom­ach with a com­bi­na­tion of cig­a­rettes and alco­hol. I don’t have a moral posi­tion on this except that life is prob­a­bly worth pre­serv­ing until one can make an informed … Con­tinue read­ing →

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See Through You

Posted on November 26, 2011 by stephenarcher

Sun­day morn­ing is the right time for North Beach across the bridge from Cor­pus Christi. Sun­day morn­ing brings the truth to a place full of Sat­ur­day night fan­tas­ti­cal absur­di­ties fueled and cre­ated and sus­tained, des­per­ately, by what­ever the drug of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Lisha

Posted on October 27, 2011 by stephenarcher

I am in Burlingame, CA. I would nor­mally want to just say San Fran­cisco, but it isn’t. I am in Burlingame for four days. I went for a walk along the bay. I was tak­ing pic­tures of an unusual man … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Tree, Two Ways, Two

Posted on October 1, 2011 by stephenarcher

A stranger is walk­ing in this exact place where I am walk­ing. He stretches out my limbs and uses them. He takes my breath away. There are no secrets here. It’s me Look­ing at him look­ing at me. I did not … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Tree, Two Ways

Posted on September 25, 2011 by stephenarcher

I don’t hear music. The sounds drift by me, clat­ter­ing like dishes com­ing out of the machine. I hear every­thing, the drummer’s heart­beat, the breath in on the upbeat. I don’t read poetry. The words don’t rhyme and I don’t … Con­tinue read­ing →

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