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The Hairku

Two hairs on a faceThe steely disc slot, sharp-setI am brought undone Seven years ago today my iMac tried to kill me when my beard got trapped in its DVD drive. I post this hairku in commemoration and to raise awareness of this awful peril.

Posted byoystaJune 23, 2021June 24, 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on The Hairku

The New Arrival

At 6:07am one fine morning in early July, Mandy, Cassidy, and I welcomed a new daughter into our family: Finley Parker Owen. CW: Serious neonatal medical problems with a good outcome.

Posted byoystaSeptember 5, 2019September 11, 2019Posted inhealth, lifeLeave a comment on The New Arrival

Five years, a shave

A limerick to commemorate the five year anniversary of a most harrowing event: Five years past a man upon a block,Did slump yoked to his Mac in a shock.But on the brink of despair,He did slip from that snareThough from his face it did cost him a lock.

Posted byoystaJune 23, 2019September 9, 2019Posted inlife, poetry, writingLeave a comment on Five years, a shave

The Hair Snare

This one starts with a cold open, one right out of the Vince Gilligan textbook, or maybe one from whoever directed that Firefly episode that opens with Mal sitting on a rock, naked, in the middle of a desert. Except this cold open is set exactly four years ago today, and the man isn’t in …

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Posted byoystaJune 23, 2018September 11, 2019Posted inlifeLeave a comment on The Hair Snare

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