Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus: But Blinds Cover The Windows
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They drink Jack Daniels in Baton Rouge. Like Jack’s gut of memories, tightly curled, rips a demon with its sharp claws, rushing in to fill the void, there is a void in all of us, and that is the animal who knows us is us will always be us. Our…
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Tim Barrus: Americana
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Night fires, phantoms, and the flag. If there are small children, burn their dolls.
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Tim Barrus: Our Shadows Are Blue With Cold
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
I am a communist. When you’re living this close to the edge, migration will take you to wherever it wants you to go, you will go there, whose rooms are the darker ones, the ones from the woods who had no shoes. Children should have…
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Tim Barrus: The Currents Turn Away With the Sea Hawks Above Us In the Shadows
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Dirt Bike Town is dust and oil and wind. It is a dinosaur of bones just off the Interstate out by Titty Town where the totally naked roasted on spits. Do not fall in love with anyone from Dirt Bike Town. You might get asked to share the ride. It’s…
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Tim Barrus: The First Time We Stole a Car Was At Night When This Trick Is Shit, Johnny
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Everyone from Dirt Bike Town gets it. No one expected to land in Dirt Bike Town. We just all fell here from the sky. It wasn’t Key West. I remember the spaceships. I thought they were fucking spaceships because they were fucking spaceships. People wanted out, but there was a…
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TIM BARRUS: THAT MEMORY SHOULD CLING TO ALL THE DISMAL BEDS BUT ONE
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AROUND HERE IN THE BLUE RIDGE, WE REALLY GET THE FOREST’S FADING ECHOES AS WE PASS ANOTHER CARNIVAL THAT WAS ALMOST OVER
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TIM BARRUS: BUT SEDUCTION RIDES THE DARK FLOOD
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There is no magic pill in a culture war. It’s too late for America. It is just another failed state. One of thousands. It is ordinary. The universe and history do not care. Buy more body bags. There should be more body bags.
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TIM BARRUS: BOTH IN SILENCE, BOTH IN NIGHT, BOTH THE WHISPERING, AND THE LEAVES
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The carnival was almost over.
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Tim Barrus: He Was Conscious of Sunlight
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Tim Barrus: First layer of four. Mainly just color to work around.
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