… I wouldn’t allow people to lie to children

It’s 2013, for God’s sake! I decided it’s time to get out my bucket list. While my list is long, I must admit that there’s an equal number of completed items. It’s been a full life so far, which is why I’m not thrilled about being closer to the end than the beginning. But I’m greedy and I want more.

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To Stephen King

To Stephen King, who tells us not to let strangers (living their own nightmares) “stomp on our dreams”.

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I’m jealous of Woody Allen.

I’m jealous of Woody Allen, not for his talent or success. That’s deservedly his.

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Contradictions

Oh world of contradictions
what a perfect match we are
and what irony that I don’t know it

                shirley hanna-king

                        

Grandpa

Grandpa told me stories, whenever I was blue

about his great adventures (and some of them were true).

                        shirley hanna-king

Tell me the truth, I can take it.

My daughter, Leah Hanna King is a singer/songwriter. She’s been writing songs since she could speak. When she was about 9 she wrote a lyric that sticks with me to this day…

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