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LOYALTY
“No man is ever so concerned with a friend on a ledge fifty stories high, as he who is handcuffed to him.” Loyalty is paramount in any...
WJ King
Apr 19, 20232 min read
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WHERE ARE THE HIPPIES
The former president of the United States is fingerprinted, re-handcuffed and does the ‘perp walk’ to a waiting prison bus to transport...
WJ King
Apr 15, 20232 min read
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CAREER DAY
Are politicians invited to career day at schools? Are they welcome? Think about it. How many of our present day office holders would you...
WJ King
Apr 5, 20232 min read
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KIDS AND VEGETABLE WARFARE
The 50’s and 60’s were anything but uneventful. Still downshifting from WWII and the Korean War in ‘53. I was born in ‘52 and life was...
WJ King
Mar 30, 20232 min read
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ETERNITY IN CLEVELAND
I was born in Lakewood hospital in 1952 that year may vary in my auto-biography. I grew up on W117th St., the border of Lakewood and...
WJ King
Mar 14, 20232 min read
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THIS AIN'T BROADWAY CHUMPS
With another trunk filled, two stage hands carry it away. No tags on the soon to be archived bins as its destination if any is unknown. A...
WJ King
Jan 2, 20233 min read
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DAY OF A WRITER
Slate Stone, private investigator kicked the bedroom door open and shot and killed three armed would-be assailants. He looked down at...
WJ King
May 19, 20222 min read
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EDUCATION AND/OR LACK OF
Readin’ ritin’ ‘rithmetic, the proverbial three Rs of education. While always endorsorsing the first two, I found arithmetic boring,...
WJ King
Apr 18, 20222 min read
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DONT OVERTHINK THE BREAKUP
No matter how much you study the situation or consider the details, there never seems to be an optimum moment to tell your spouse there’s...
WJ King
Feb 20, 20221 min read
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BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ME
Beats the hell outta me, how a body gets up and out to work on frozen ass days like we’re havin’. Bein’ retired and only dependent bein’...
WJ King
Jan 22, 20222 min read
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BE NICE TO PEOPLE, OR...
A murder occured in my neighborhood this morning. Specifically, it was my next door neighbor who expired. A nasty woman to be sure, with...
WJ King
Jan 15, 20222 min read
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BULLSHIT
The world is made out of bullshit. Not the manure of one but rather the slang of lying, or any other inane or nonsensical communication....
WJ King
Jan 8, 20222 min read
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DAWDLER INDEED
I am targeted by extroverts, energizers and the generously invigorated. I wholeheartedly concede to being methodical, deliberate and...
WJ King
Oct 30, 20212 min read
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SUCCESSFUL MURDER
Successful murders are best calculated in an orderly fashion. I only boast seven confirmed kills but not bad for seven attempts. ...
WJ King
Oct 23, 20210 min read
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MARK TWAIN
I’m a reader. The descriptor ‘voracious’ doesn’t apply because like many things I do, I do it in spurts. Less in the summer and maybe...
WJ King
Oct 16, 20210 min read
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DYING TO BE BORN
Big Boy Bowman, was a low level gangster in Cleveland Ohio, who’s only aspiration was to be a mid level gangster. He was your classic,...
WJ King
Oct 9, 20212 min read
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WORKING A DEADLINE
“Kiss my ass.” “Blow me.” The sophisticated verbal sparring at the Five O’clock Bar had reached its zenith. That’s really high falootin’,...
WJ King
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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WORKING A DEADLINE
“Kiss my ass.” “Blow me.” The sophisticated verbal sparring at the Five O’clock Bar had reached its zenith. That’s really high falootin’,...
WJ King
Sep 29, 20213 min read
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A GUY CANT CATCH A BREAK
Sophie ran down the basement stairs with Leonard only forty feet behind her. Leonard was yelling, “I’ll have my way with you, you tramp.”...
WJ King
Sep 26, 20212 min read
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ANGELS HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR
I attended a funeral last week as sixty-nine year old people often do. I privately enjoyed the prohibition on funerals or limited...
WJ King
Sep 19, 20212 min read
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