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Robert Hobkirk
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This summer, I haven't been into writing. I've been spending my free time working with my new German Shorthair, Hershey. Looking forward to this hunting season, going on a trip to Nevada with her. We'll be camping in the middle of nowhere, where the chukars outnumber the people - beautiful starry nights.
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“Hard rain after dark
we slept in a driftwood hut
ocean snored all night.”
― Haiku Avenue: 333 haiku poems
we slept in a driftwood hut
ocean snored all night.”
― Haiku Avenue: 333 haiku poems
“You ever see that movie The Graduate?â€�
“No, but I’ve heard of it.�
“It’s a classic. Check it out some time. It takes place in the sixties or maybe the fifties. The protagonist is this college kid who has just graduated. He’s curious about how to make it in the world. This older guy, a businessman or something, has one word of advice for him � ‘plastics.�
“Plastics was the next big thing for his time, but for my time it was algorithms. All you need to know is the keyword, just one word, for your time and jump in the river of change. Let it carry you along to where we all want to go to the sea of a big bank account and all that goes with it. What’s the word for your time, Tommy? If you find out, you’re almost there." - Tommy's Exodus by Robert Hobkirk”
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“No, but I’ve heard of it.�
“It’s a classic. Check it out some time. It takes place in the sixties or maybe the fifties. The protagonist is this college kid who has just graduated. He’s curious about how to make it in the world. This older guy, a businessman or something, has one word of advice for him � ‘plastics.�
“Plastics was the next big thing for his time, but for my time it was algorithms. All you need to know is the keyword, just one word, for your time and jump in the river of change. Let it carry you along to where we all want to go to the sea of a big bank account and all that goes with it. What’s the word for your time, Tommy? If you find out, you’re almost there." - Tommy's Exodus by Robert Hobkirk”
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“She ordered white wine, and I ordered Schweppes tonic water without the booze. The drinks came, and I took a hit.
The first thing she said was, “I don’t know how you can drink that stuff straight?�
“You mean without the liquor to kill the taste?�
“Yeah, it’s so bitter.�
“That’s what I like about it. It’s bitter like me. We match.�
“You mean you’re a grumpy old man?�
“Right. Can’t help it. That’s what happens when you get old.�
“Well, I’m an optimist.�
“I’m an optimist too, just a grumpy optimist.”
― Blind Date: Ten Short Stories
The first thing she said was, “I don’t know how you can drink that stuff straight?�
“You mean without the liquor to kill the taste?�
“Yeah, it’s so bitter.�
“That’s what I like about it. It’s bitter like me. We match.�
“You mean you’re a grumpy old man?�
“Right. Can’t help it. That’s what happens when you get old.�
“Well, I’m an optimist.�
“I’m an optimist too, just a grumpy optimist.”
― Blind Date: Ten Short Stories
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“The apartments had probably been built back in the 70’s when the country was going through some ugly social times. Maybe the country was going through its adolescent phase and breaking out with a bad case of social acne. Cheesy professors were running around the country proclaiming “turn on, tune in, drop out.â€� A mean-spirited drunk from LA was cranking out poems about the low-life and reaching for another beer out of the refrigerator on stage as part of his performance. The porn industry was in its golden era. People proclaiming their individuality and uniqueness were all dressed the same. Mothers thought they were educating their kids by letting them watch Sesame Street, but they were just turning their kids into TV junkies and a future generation of pudding heads with blank faces ready to believe anything on the lamestream media. The Vietnam War eventually came to an end after Laos was clustered bombed, which had nothing to do with ending the war. Dominoes didn’t fall. A new war memorial went out for bid. Some crazy scientist found a way to make clothes out of chemicals - polyester. Dwarfs found their favorite hangout - the disco. The whole country seemed to be dancing to the disco beat, hypnotized by the flashing strobe lights off the big, shiny ball.”
― Tommy in the Promised Land
― Tommy in the Promised Land
“Huh,â€� groaned Father Gabe. “I sympathize with you, Tommy. Relationships can be a crap shoot. You think you’re going to roll a seven and up pops snake eyes.”
― Tommy in the Promised Land
― Tommy in the Promised Land
“Wishbone
Half-eaten chicken
lying on white serving plate
quartered potatoes
chunks of carrots
celery too
we tell stories
and laugh about the day
your little finger is locked around the wishbone
so is mine
I pretend to make a wish
close my eyes
mumbling my lips
that’s the way I faked out the nuns
pretending to say the rosary
so they would leave me alone
your face is so determined
you win the wrestling match
lifting your piece of chicken bone above your head
in victory
I know better than to ask
what did you wish for
secret desires of the heart are not to be shared
or
they won’t come true
everyone knows that
you clean the dishes
I turn on the TV
lying on the couch
listening to you make music
with running water
and closing cupboard doors.”
― Somewhere Poetry Grows Wild Under the Eucalyptus
Half-eaten chicken
lying on white serving plate
quartered potatoes
chunks of carrots
celery too
we tell stories
and laugh about the day
your little finger is locked around the wishbone
so is mine
I pretend to make a wish
close my eyes
mumbling my lips
that’s the way I faked out the nuns
pretending to say the rosary
so they would leave me alone
your face is so determined
you win the wrestling match
lifting your piece of chicken bone above your head
in victory
I know better than to ask
what did you wish for
secret desires of the heart are not to be shared
or
they won’t come true
everyone knows that
you clean the dishes
I turn on the TV
lying on the couch
listening to you make music
with running water
and closing cupboard doors.”
― Somewhere Poetry Grows Wild Under the Eucalyptus
