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Avoiding the Void
Do we live in a savage world? Most times it feels like we do but I don’t think it's true — the world is simply indifferent to our feelings and this fact…
Sep 12, 2021
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Roye Segal
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daily dogfight
every creative act is an act of war we are in timeless battle with the lesser versions of ourselves and in defeat we sit alone in mumpish judgment of…
Sep 5, 2021
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Roye Segal
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August 2021
Biopihilia
Moving through the city though I’ve spent my whole life leaping skirting and sprinting up around and through these tangled forests of steel glass and…
Aug 29, 2021
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Roye Segal
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Thoughts, Prayers, and Thoughts About Prayers
It’s been years since I killed my god. It wasn’t a sudden or violent death — more like a long negotiated euthanasia, gently putting to rest the band of…
Aug 22, 2021
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Roye Segal
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curiosity
almost a decade ago a robot named Curiosity hurtled 105 million miles through the empty cold darkness of space. 180 days of tumbling before touching…
Aug 16, 2021
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Roye Segal
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Zero Distance
I binge watched the Hudson today, its calm waters whispering sustained sighs of relief from the incessant chop of ferry traffic. Gazing across the river…
Aug 9, 2021
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Roye Segal
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Wild Idea
In this caustic culture of ours arguments always seem to be framed in terms of war — Her criticisms are right on target. He shot down all my claims…
Aug 1, 2021
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Roye Segal
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July 2021
A Pilgrimage to Me
Today I made a pilgrimage to myself. An earlier self. A young feckless young fool who somehow, out of the jumbled mess of youth, made a decision that…
Jul 26, 2021
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Roye Segal
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The Following Light
the sky is heavy tonight it is raining stars and out among them there’s always that one if you look for it set up high a flickering gem that shy one…
Jul 19, 2021
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Roye Segal
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Salty Eggs
When you make a meal for your lover and she tells you it’s too salty and you reply, but I didn’t add much salt you should consider taking a deep breath…
Jul 12, 2021
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Roye Segal
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The Good in Goodbye
It confounds me how many times I’ve said goodbye in my life and still — I’d rather die every time I’m forced to step forward into its foreboding…
Jul 5, 2021
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June 2021
Holding On
What pleasure do I get from that thousand dollar jacket I last hugged from the inside a dozen years ago? It hangs, spiritless inside my closet like a…
Jun 27, 2021
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Roye Segal
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