Warning: Extreme violence. Death. Language.

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“Salvation,” he smiled, “is inevitable. Our Time is inevitable.”

It felt cooler beneath the huge makeshift tent, contrasting the hot sun beyond.

Still, the crowd sweat in the unavoidable humidity of so many bodies packed together.

Jeremiah adjusted his posture and sat back straight, legs crossed, ...

When you step in, peace gives her greeting

As if time unwound its gnarled branched to set you on its coziest boughs. Simple. Intimate. Whispering comforts, “No matter what madness kamikazes from those outside, here you will find rest.”

Nothing is fancy. Nothing feels modern. Like the grass, wind, sun, and stars, spin everywhere but on this small earth. Here God streatched out his hand and said, “...

This house… you bought it for me ten years ago today.

I️ never knew I️ even could, but you were the first person I️ trusted completely.

The first man I️ felt like… like I️ could just be with.

It wasn’t much bigger than our apartment.

But it was ours.

We were happy.

Remember when we painted the kitchen?

Right after we moved in.

I️ always laugh when I️ think about it. Even now. We were so ha...

I️ walk across the entry way

and️ come into my door frame

but thereupon turnin’, far too quick

I️ struck my toe on wood or brick

The little bone bent, and I️ sucked in,

As bobcats, moose, and screechin’ owl,

A hawk, or geese, or soarin’ eagle,

Panther’s howl, whippoorwill yell,

The fox’s shout in lonely even,

A motherly goat, with wanderin’ kid

The squealing train wantin’ grease,

Careenin’ car...

He warned me not to dance with the darkness.

And yet I️ persisted.

“Carrion devils care not for the breath of life,” He said, “They hunger for it, salivating after the sweet taste of an ignorant soul.”

But my mind was intrigued, and curiosity ever-beckoned me. Like a long lost lover idly awaiting my ruin upon silkened sheets.

Smoke filled the room. The warm scents of black sage and St. Sigusmund’s...