Author: zapata
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Car Crash
You think I’d be used to it by now. The initial impact of 2,000 pounds worth of steel and polymers colliding violently into the bumper of the car I was driving. It’s still scary. The force of the impact launched me forward as the seatbelt simultaneously restricted further to hold me in place. My head…
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Nothing Can Be Explained
By: Jason Zapata The past unremittingly seeks dominion over me. A struggle for sovereignty taking place behind, The haunted windows that are my troubled eyes. Bygone battles and conflict play out in my mind, Locking swords against what I believe in now. But which blade will shatter under the strain? There is no answer to…
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All These Words
By Jason Zapata Another would-be suitor is quick to depart Due to false stewardship of your heart I hate seeing this kingdom in neglect When it deserves only honor and respect Don’t be accustomed to frauds and liars
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Wheat Field with Crows
By Jason Zapata I was the one to find you. You were in the very field you painted. The wind sighed. The wheat swayed. You lay still.
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The Art of Sarah Ellerton
This is a long overdue artist of the month entry. I am aggravated at the fact this is only the second entry for this year. This isn’t good enough. Artists like Sarah Ellerton deserve as much press as possible. So let me fill you in a bit. Sarah is a comic artist and handles both…
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Booted Foot
By: Jason Zapata The future is condemned by the past. What has transpired becomes the basis, The reason why future decisions are made.
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Rydia and The Dancing Ghosts
By: Jason Zapata To watch the dancing ghosts promenade and pirouette Rydia enters the castle ruins bathed in moonlight Letting herself become lost in the shadowy minuet
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Witch and Wizard By Gabrielle Charbonnet and James Patterson
James Patterson’s new novel, “Witch and Wizard” is intriguing to me conceptually. The story is based on two siblings named Whit and Wisty Allgood. Average teenagers living with their parents until the day their home is raided by the New Order. The brother and sister are accused of practicing magic by this oppressive new regime…