Two relatively unrelated poems today. First, a poem about my emotional-overeating reaction to the previous night’s insomnia, then a brief poem (based on an email) which both pretends I can sleep and diminishes my self-worth. “…I am furniture…”

 

 Ep. 207 - Two poems from Worth 1k --- Volume 2 [1:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (37)

This story follows the actions of a couple who seem to have been together forever, who want to be able to create children of their own, and who will stop at nothing to do so. Involving stem cell research, cloning, mind control, human sacrifices, eventual success … and what comes after, this story isn’t afraid to touch on sensitive issues to get where it wants to go, or to take things even further from there.

 

 Ep. 206 - Family Forward (a short story) part 2/3 [20:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (63)

This poem is about a particularly difficult and painful night of insomnia: tossing, turning, sweating, and hurting.

 

 Ep. 205 - One poem from Worth 1k --- Volume 2 [1:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (58)

This story follows the actions of a couple who seem to have been together forever, who want to be able to create children of their own, and who will stop at nothing to do so. Involving stem cell research, cloning, mind control, human sacrifices, eventual success … and what comes after, this story isn’t afraid to touch on sensitive issues to get where it wants to go, or to take things even further from there.

 

 Ep. 204 - Family Forward (a short story) part 1/3 [22:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (71)

I’ve decided to keep the poems in Worth 1k — Volume 2 in the order they were printed (for the remaining poems, as I did with W1kV1 for the last several months), and to group them not by length, to try to hit close to 2 minutes, but by meaning (as much as possible). This poem is my dealing with my grandfather’s (then) impending death. There are more poems on this subject in the book.

 

 Ep. 203 - One poem from Worth 1k --- Volume 2 [0:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (62)

An essay about a possible interpretation of God’s perspective of time, relative to the “seven day week” of creation and our place in it. On the nth readthrough, I realized that I summarized much of the entire Bible in a few short pages, providing yet another iteration of the fractal story of creation. Which may make sense after you hear/read this essay.

 

 Ep. 202 - This Sixth Day (an essay) [9:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (83)

This is the last two poems from this collection; one still clinging -briefly- to taking in and documenting the beauty of my journey, the other succumbing to the stress of being at the end of my budget and still 500 miles from home… and thus unable to buy myself a nice dinner for my birthday. Unable to find anything in between cheap and way-too-expensive in an unfamiliar city.

 

 Ep. 201 - Two poems from Worth 1k --- Volume 1 [1:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (83)