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Something Old Testament About The Moment

Pierre Fontenot November 10, 2014 Comments Off on Something Old Testament About The Moment

Something is not right with my father. Tests have happened, pictures have been taken, doctors have whispered. My sister’s children approached her. “We’d like to have Poppy baptize us.” Unspoken in this: 1) they

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Church Of The Eyes

Pierre Fontenot October 16, 2014 Comments Off on Church Of The Eyes

I saw him make a u-turn, to go back to the convenience store where the clerk had given him too much change. I saw the way he talked to the state trooper, who pulled

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Less

Pierre Fontenot October 1, 2014 Comments Off on Less

Let me see myself Less me-ish. That I ever was is a gift, that I remain is a gift, whatever future pulse is a gift…whatever talents, blessings and opportunities that seem mine are actually

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The Prodigal Dog

Brad Goins August 22, 2014 Comments Off on The Prodigal Dog

Two Fridays ago I was writing an Uncle P’s Bedtime Story about Amazing Grace. My dog, Kramer, was around, and near, but I was far away, deep into the Land Of Thinking and Writing.

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Wishing You Easy

Pierre Fontenot August 11, 2014 Comments Off on Wishing You Easy

I wish you a full heart, an easy conscience, and gratefulness. May you be defended from envy and thoughts of lack; may your eyes see the All You Have. May you Love at least

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WE MAY NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN

Pierre Fontenot August 7, 2014 Comments Off on WE MAY NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN

I had ambitions to be on the road earlier, full tank of diesel, full belly of coffee, but one thing after another, here I was, still in Sulphur, running an errand, and there coming

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SOUTHERN FRIENDLY

Pierre Fontenot May 14, 2014 Comments Off on SOUTHERN FRIENDLY

We were strangers. They were Them and I was Not Them and it took us less than three minutes to like each other. This sort of thing ain’t uncommon in The South. It’s a

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EYES ON ELDERS

Rick Sarro March 5, 2014 Comments Off on EYES ON ELDERS

If I was a teen again and had a do-over, I’d recommend that I cast a considerable gaze upon the elderly. I’d look around at old people and find those who bore good fruit

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THE TESTIMONY OF DUCT TAPE

Pierre Fontenot February 23, 2014 Comments Off on THE TESTIMONY OF DUCT TAPE

I’m seated towards the front of the church, among the elderly of the congregation, seated behind a lady with winter in her hair. When you reach her age you’ve obeyed the rules long enough

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LO, I WILL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS

Pierre Fontenot February 7, 2014 Comments Off on LO, I WILL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS

Early in my workday I said hello to people who are dying. We joked, we hugged, talked about the mid-20’s weather, felt sorry for the plants, there was a little conference about a four-dollar

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