Every Peace of Mind

copyright 2026 by Michael Walker


I met him on a bus

He was going to

New Mexico

Abandoned his furniture shop

in Minnesota

Things hadn’t been the same for him

since he left the army

a thousand centuries ago …


I met her on a plane

She was going to

Toronto

Was going home to see

Her grandmother who was dying...
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henrythevamp:
My story "The Drive-In Movie" has been accepted for publication in GossamerWight magazine. My story "The Curator" has been accepted for publication in Slash Magazine. My poem "A Kit Named Beverly" has been accepted for publication in Book of Matches. So much winning!

They are no longer

As thick as thieves

Or murderers

Which they both are.

So tell me

Where do we turn now

What maple leaf

Or gold display

Will staunch the bleeding

Turn the lies into water?

We are all aboard

The USS Wrecking Ball now

A tour we all

Signed up for

Because you know

All our problems solved

Day one

But I never...
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No one in the world really gives a shit if I live or die.

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eisesara:
That's not true. I care.
nebula:
I’ve never met a person that wasn’t important. Please be kind to yourself 💜

Hate to say this but if you live in the USA, like me. you are probably fucked. Unless you know how to live off the grid. Too late for me unfortunately.

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skisby:
It’s hard to know where to start, there’s a new outrage every day while the government enriches themselves & their friends & family. To @nebula’s point, undoing the damage will take decades, assuming anyone comes along that can. The damage being done to our natural spaces is forever damage though. Removing protections from more than 100 million acres of public lands, rolling back safeguards on more than 86 million acres, slashing conservation agencies’ funding and purging land management jobs, putting beloved public lands and waters across the country at risk of being permanently altered or destroyed.
nebula:
Yup. And the damage we’ve done to our relationship with other countries.