Tim Barrus Blog

  1. Burn The Bridges Down 2 The Ground

    We Refuse 2 Live In A Public Health Ghetto. There is more to life than living it in a HIV clinic. We have left all of that behind. Burning bridges that never went anywhere but straight to hell.

  2. The Etiquette of the Wolves

    Tim Barrus New York Times David Brooks is one of my favorite writers because he is so innately stubborn. Brooks’ thematic focus is, always, one way or the other, projected toward the values of civility. This can even extend to a catholicism that implies there are higher gods we have

  3. Death Watch: The System Will Kill You

    This from the Internet. I get a LOT of missives. The thought is nice. Even if it’s wrong. As mammals, we frequently reduce life down to its most simplistic and elemental terms. Most of us have no time on any given day to be more complex than a slogan provides

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  5. it can hurt sometimes

    it is so often life and death with them they will leave you exhausted if determined

  6. THE LIES AIDS ORGS TELL

    AIDS Orgs Have Their Own Special Brand of Lies

  7. Death Watch Journal

    GIVING UP ON HIV MEDS They’re 2 Hard 2 Get U Have 2 Go Back & Forth, Back & Forth 2 Many Doctors 2 Many Tests Your Blood Your Piss Your Shit Doctors and Doctors and Doctors It’s Endless There Is No Light At The End of That Tunnel Only…

  8. Death Watch Journal

    By the Side of Any Road I cannot change a flat tire. Actually, I can. But I choose not to. https://tim-barrus.format.com/getting-out-of-dodge

  9. Death Watch Journal

    POETRY AS HEALING When Neal implodes into himself, he begins to look like a zombi. Neal has multiple issues. One would be sexual abuse in school. He does not even remember school. Another would be Alec who Neal sees as someone never confused and always strong. Two issues. There is…

  10. The Death Watch & The Desert Poetry

    Real Cowboys i could not ride for days like he could my ass my ass my kingdom for an ass https://tim-barrus.format.com/about