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1990
the playground
train tracks
ugly house - or how a place holds a feeling
1991
a Life Goes By
A Microcosm of Society
Christmas at the Old House
daisy
dandelions for a passing stranger
having company over
how to cry
Knowledge
Park Bench
salesman
Scars
the Apartment
1992
a letter
Age
Chain Smoking
Clay
doctor
Done This Before
Driving By His House
Dysfunctional
Fireflies
having children one day
How a woman falls in love
nonfiction
Seven Miles
soybeans
why i’d marry you
1994
Crazy
dreams turned into nightmares
fish
Guilt
how you looked then
Private Lives Three
1995:
Leaving for Work
Letter on Religion
Tanya’s Story
tell me
1996:
A Dream About Murder.
phone calls from Brian Tolle
Top of the Mountain
1997:
Chicago, West Side (poetry turned to prose)
A (Fe)male Behind Bars
brushes with greatness
Ecstasy
Gabriel
Getaway (poetry turned to prose)
Golfing With George Eastmen (poetry turned to prose)
How Are You
I Remember
in the Projects
Losing My Best Friend. (poetry turned to prose)>
Ranting
letter to a troubled friend
letters from war time
paint a suicide picture
Prom ‘97 — or Doing Things Right
seeing things differently
stalker - the final pages of fear
the twin within
Type “A” Person
1998:
Driving To Champaign
Isn’t That What It’s All About
2012 translation of Isn’t That What It’s All About - in Slovak: “Nie je to to, o čom to všetko je”
1999:
the book Changing Gears
prose and letters that were written in 1997 and 1998, published in book form in 1999 and 2004.
2000:
Examine The Files
King of the Universe
“the Robot Zombie Witch Girl” revisited
2002:
NASA Project (from 6/11)
The Effects of Nine One One (from 6/11)
2003:
the Book of Helena
the collection The Other Side,
about travel through eight European countries during the war on terror (May 2003)
2004:
Travel Through Space
2005:
prose form the 02/15/05 show “How Do I Get There?”:
Following... or Killing
Generic Images of Love
Generic Stereotypes About Love
Hatred, When Love Should be Good
Love for the Stars, for What’s Out of Reach
Macintosh Court
On My Own/Successful Woman
the Job Interview
The Moon and Astronomy (How Do I Get to the Moon)
prose adapted from classic poetry:
A Child in the Park, 2005
A Retired Policemen Talks About the Suicides He’s Seen, 2005
An Outline to the Apex of Rites of Passage, 2005
Andrew Hettinger, 2005
Because This Is What We Do, 2005
Bizarre Sexual Stories in the News, 2005
Burn It In, 2005
Change My Perspective, 2005
Chess Game Again, 2005
Communication, 2005
Coquinas, 2005
Dreams 01/14/04, 2005
Dreams 01/19/04 one, 2005
Dreams 02/20/04 one, 2005
Everything was Alive and Dying, 2005
Expecting the Stoning, 2005
False Suicide, 2005
Farmer, 2005
Freedom Just Past the Fence, 2005
Gary’s Blind Date, 2005
Get the Idea, 2005
God Eyes, 2005
Hancock Suicide, Chicago, December 1994, 2005
He Told Me His Dreams Nine, 2005
Headache, 2005
Holding my Skin Together, 2005
Hope and Taxes, 2005
I Dreamt About You Last Night, 2005
In the Air, 2005
Instead of Feeling Nervous, 2005
Joe Putz-a-vucki, 2005
Last Before Extinction, 2005
Magnum Opus, 2005
On an Airplane With a Frequent Flyer, 2005
One Summer, 2005
People’s Lives Were at Stake, 2005
Please Drive Through, 2005
Poam: Militant Man With Schizophrenia, 2005
Praying To Idols, 2005
Scars 2000, turned to prose in 2005
Some People Want to Believe, 2005
Taking Out the Brain, 2005
the Battle At Hand, 2005
the One at Mardi Gras, 2005
the State of the Nation, 2005
This is my Burden, 2005
Transcribing Dreams Three, 2005
Understood, 2005
Walking Home From School, 2005
Wedding Lost, 2005
Whether Or Not It Is From Religion, 2005
Who You Tell Your Dreams To, 2005
prose adapted from 1998 recovery poetry:
A Lifetime Together, 2005
Afraid of Telling The Truth, 2005
And I Don’t Care, 2005
Are The Things That I Like, 2005
As I Recovered, 2005
At Least That’s What I Hear, 2005
But I Won’t, 2005
But You Know What I Mean, 2005
Crazy Women Talking: This Much I’ve Learned, 2005
Do That For Me Then, 2005
Do You Still Want To See Me, 2005
Enough So Far, 2005
get it over with, 2005
Good Things Have Happened to Me Too, 2005
Had A Point, 2005
Here’s your chance, 2005
I Know It’s Not Going To Happen, 2005
Is it just me, 2005
I’ve Done That, So Have You, 2005
Janet Being Alone, 2005
jarv, 2005
Killing the Tired, 2005
Make Things Better, 2005
My Turn, 2005
Needy Person, 2005
No There Isn’t, 2005
Not For Me Yet, 2005
Not Getting Better, 2005
Pool Together Our Money, 2005
Prepared For The Worst, 2005
Short-Term Advice, 2005
Slow Painful Death, 2005
So To Speak, 2005
Someone Give Me The Answers, 2005
Someone Like Me, 2005
Stilts, 2005
Supposed To Be, 2005
suspend My Beliefs, 2005
Take It All Away, 2005
That Adorable Together, 2005
That We Wish, 2005
The Same For You, 2005
The Things They Did To You, 2005
The Truth and Liars, 2005
Things I Find Charming, 2005
Things i’ve Needed, 2005
Thinks That Through, 2005
Well, Someone Is, 2005
Well, What About Me, 2005
What I Go Through, 2005
What It All Means, 2005
What Makes Me Real (Not To Share My Dreams Again), 2005
What the Truth Looks Like, 2005
When You’ve Only Got You, 2005
You Know What I’m Talking About, 2005
2006:
Letter To Mom (06/10/06)
Letter 09/16/06
The Other Side — 2006 Edition
Journals of travels through northern European countries
(England, Germany, Estonia, a stop in Russia, then Finland, Sweden and Denmark)
portions of a novel in progress:
the Omega
the Delta
2007:
Adjusting Your Beliefs
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World
Around the World... & Sweet Home Chicago
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World
Differences in China... Children & Trains
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World
Man Who Talks Loud... Say Nothing
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World
Passport To Outer Space
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World
Technology and Communication
from the 07/19/07 Chicago performance art show Living in a Big World
2008:
Seeing a Psychiatrist: Fear of Authority and Freud
Seeing a Psychiatrist: Hopelessness and Futility
2009:
Hurry Up and Wait
Jeremy, or Stallion?
Warring Nations
2010:
poetry converted to prose:
A Little Angel Inside 2010
Aim Carefully 2010
All I Can Capture 2010
and What I Want to Know 2010
Are The Things That I Like 2010
ask me if i’m a truck 2010
Be Free Of You 2010
Before Taking Over the Controls 2010
Build Your Own Cross 2010
Canned Condolences 2010
Cashews 2010
Decorating the Palm Trees 2010
Don’t Go To Denny’s 2010
Dreams 01/19/04 one 2010
Dreams 09/07/07 2010
Dreams 12/24/05: Aeon Flux Crawl 2010
Egg for a Week 2010
Evicted Today 2010
Faith Comes Only 2010
Fingers Black 2010
Fitting the Mold 2010
Flooded War Memories 2010
Four Syllables 2010
Frozen Together 2010
Going Nowhere 2010
Got on the Road Again 2010
Grab the Other’s Neck 2010
Helping Men in Public Places 2010
Ice Cream Stain 2010
In a Cardboard Box 2010
John Stories 2010
Joy 2010
Just Let Her Rest 2010
Just Out of Reach (Edges of their Ocean) 2010
Keep Driving 2010
Keep me Sane 2010
Keep Them Apart 2010
Key To Survival 2010
Knelt and Cried 2010
Knotted Hate 2010
Left with a Hole 2010
Let Me Be 2010
Like I Was Never There 2010
Loss 2010
Loving Four 2010
More Believable That Way 2010
My Future Job Options 2010
New Vacuum Cleaner 2010
90% Sure (Dreams 07/06/06 Two) 2010
No One Will 2010
Now You’re Nothing To Me 2010
Only For One Night 2010
Our Couple In Love 2010
Passed Away 2010
Seven and Seven, Plus Eighteen 2010
“So” 2010
Sorry Flowers 2010 Sparkle 2010
Squid 2010
Story Telling 2010
Ten Minutes 2010
“that’s from the barbed wire” 2010
the Cycle of Life 2010
The Good “Doctor” 2010
the View of the Alley 2010
the Writing Of My Life 2010
Thinking. I hate that. 2010
Thirteen Seconds 2010
three minutes for three dollars 2010
Too Far 2010
Tribal Scream 2010
Trying to Change Fate 2010
Tuesday Nights 2010
Venture to the Unknown 2010
Waiting for a Sign 2010
What the Hell is She Complaining About 2010
Where Does The Love Go 2010
Why I Didn’t See God 2010
Worn Out 2010
you’ll like them 2010
2014:
fox in the snow
on the mend
Orange Musk
Valentine’s Day Over 25 Days Away
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