Author: ps pirro

• The One in Which the City Council Strips Funding for a New Park from the Budget

  I know I’ve seen his face before, seen him in the company of men like himself and he was not so tall then, not so…

• Standing Army

  To keep a standing army is to tacitly acknowledge that you have divided the world into haves and have-nots and must now employ an enforcer…

• Long View

  Darling, you should see the view from up here. So vast it is, I can look out on the horizon and see beyond tomorrow’s tomorrow and…

• House of Dreams

  I grew up in a house backed by acres of woods. So much dreaming, then, amid the milkweed and the cattails. On a trip this past…

• I Miss Joe Bagaent

  He’s been gone for a couple years now, and I continue to look to him for the courage to say and do what needs to…

• Going Quiet

  I’m taking the blog into the dark for a while. I may or may not resurface. I may or may not have all new content…

• Book Burning

  This life needs a bonfire, all these books in need of burning, all this burning in need of a pit of raw earth in which…

• Doing the Gig or Doing the Flyers

  “Where we had the most control was at the gigs. So the idea was to get people to the gig. We had divided the whole…

• Disconnect

  The band is powered up and ready to go, the big PA on tall poles and amps stacked and cords snaking across the stage looping around…

• 4th of July

  Hey, baby.