http://slow.writerscafe.org/Dr%20Guitar The original writings of author Tim Schulz en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776006177 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Poem http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Dr-Guitar/2784093/ An odd thing, that the day I turned in the docs for a leave of absence and for short term disability, that I actually didn't feel that bad. I guiltily speculated, as I almost always do, about whether I really WAS malingering, really just acting distraught. Acting like a baby. But then again, this wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Dr-Guitar/1668549/ the keys tumblefrom my pocket, a clanging messof twined metal and shapesthat make no sense. I fumble with them in the dark, sensingwith my fingertips the right ones to unlock the house, the car, the garage door I pray quietly not to drop them on the floor .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Dr-Guitar/657176/ Letta lives her lifetwo minutes at a time. but... the 90 years have not been unkind.   http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Dr-Guitar/657170/ It was 1998 when my uncle died. Mad cow diseasefrom deer semen injections as a child. Or so some now speculate. I was just turned 40, lucky all my life. My father next, in 1999, a September solo;dozens of tiny cancers held hands in his lungs,like children in a ringaround, unt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Dr-Guitar/657165/ Jump starting long dormant writing with some cryptic thinking aloud. A minor experiment in word mechanics as well. Not sure I like the last stanza much. Work in progress. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Dr-Guitar/656656/ Tiny first steps back. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Dr-Guitar/656617/