WJ King
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...
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WJ King
- Apr 15
- 2 min
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...
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WJ King
- Apr 5
- 2 min
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...
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WJ King
- Mar 30
- 2 min
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...
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WJ King
- Mar 14
- 2 min
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...
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WJ King
- Jan 2
- 3 min
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...
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WJ King
- May 19, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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WJ King
- Apr 18, 2022
- 2 min
EDUCATION AND/OR LACK OF
Readin’ ritin’ ‘rithmetic, the proverbial three Rs of education. While always endorsorsing the first two, I found arithmetic boring,...
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WJ King
- Feb 20, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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WJ King
- Jan 22, 2022
- 2 min
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’...
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WJ King
- Jan 15, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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WJ King
- Jan 8, 2022
- 2 min
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....
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WJ King
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
DAWDLER INDEED
I am targeted by extroverts, energizers and the generously invigorated. I wholeheartedly concede to being methodical, deliberate and...
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WJ King
- Oct 23, 2021
- 0 min
SUCCESSFUL MURDER
Successful murders are best calculated in an orderly fashion. I only boast seven confirmed kills but not bad for seven attempts. ...
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WJ King
- Oct 16, 2021
- 0 min
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...
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WJ King
- Oct 9, 2021
- 2 min
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,...
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WJ King
- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
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’,...
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WJ King
- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
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’,...
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WJ King
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
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.”...
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WJ King
- Sep 19, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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