Tim Barrus Blog
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WE THOUGHT THE FIRE WAS WAY IN THE DISTANCE BUT WE WERE WRONG
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I have lost my ability to do many things. But not all. But not all things. Far from it. Most of my bones are ceramic replacements. My eyes are fake. So is my heart. I am now hooked up to a battery that, like most batteries, will run down. My…
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That Dread of Something After Death
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In college, I was hit at a light and overturned by a woman driving a Cadillac. It was raining hard. She raced off through the light. My books and papers were wet and all over the road. I had to dodge traffic to pick them up. I had to buy…
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Dirt Bike Town Seeks Agent
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The animals had yet not lost the study of revenge thousands at this terrifying speed. The lie doing and suffering darkens streets and on burning omnipotence to gun running in the witching hour of twilight inebriated with insolence oh, let us see sobriety in amy man.
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JUVENILE DETENTION. FIRST, THEY RAPED HIM, AND THEN, THEY LEFT HIM SITTING IN A DOWNPOUR RAIN IN HIS PARALYZED WHEELCHAIR AND SCREAMING
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IF YOU ARE DETENTION STAFF WHERE KIDS ARE BEING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED, AND I FIND YOU, I WILL ALSO FIND A TRANSPARENT WAY TO SHUT YOU DOWN – I MAKE SURE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, ESTABLISH A PAPER TRAIL, A JOURNAL, AND ALL OF IT WILL BE CONSIDERED EVIDENCE IN ANY COURT.…
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I KNOW REVENGE WHEN I SEE IT
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NEW YORK TIMES REFUSES TO PUBLISH IMPOVERISHED WRITERS THEY PREFER ACADEMICS
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THE NEW YORK TIMES IS DIVERSE. NO ARGUMENT THERE. THEY HAVE EVERY BEAT UNDER THE SUN. BUT NOT POVERTY, AND NO PUBLIC POLICY AS IT EXISTS AND EVOLVES LIKE THE SNAKE IT IS.
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I NEED SOMETHING IN THE TIGHT ROOMS OF WHORES AND BORES AND SETTLES SCORES IN THE HEAT OF DIRT BIKE TOWN IS WHERE YOU TALK TO TREES AND BEES
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I am a communist. The NYT finds me offensive. I have seen more in this lifetime than you can know. We need help understanding poverty. The condescending alone. Dust. You will be dust along with the rest of our bones. I want to be there. To spit when America eats…
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TIM BARRUS: DIRT BIKE TOWN, THE NOVEL
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WE SEE DIRT BIKE TOWN FROM ABOVE. NO ONE WANTS TO LINGER TOO LONG LOOKING AT THE HARD CORE POVERTY. FLY AWAY, FLY AWAY, LITTLE BIRDS. AMERICA IS HARD ON FULL THROAT TORN APART AS INSURRECTION LEADS TO ANOTHER WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. DEATH AND SEX. THE NORTH (AGAIN). THE…
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I Know the Inside Of Your Eyelids
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Sometimes, the victors do, indeed, write the history. At other times, the victors are taking their assumed, patriarchal position in the male-dominated hierarchy for granted. Athens did it. Rome did it. Berlin did it. Tokyo did it. Spain did it. The Catholic church did it when popes were omnipotent. Ancient…
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it never happened
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The biggest lie of all is the mythology of capitalism. Let us hit the stores. Religion is a store. It sells a past that never was.