Tim Barrus Blog
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Bring Back The Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War happened for a reason. I am writing this from Boston. I traveled here to walk the walk. I wanted to see the places where the Revolutionary War happened. I wanted these stunning locations to fry themselves into my brain. I need to understand. The photographers I work…
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posted to the wall
New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/reader-center/mental-health-therapists-suicide.html?comments#permid=27457130I work with at-risk boys living with HIV. At-risk for what.Prison…Homelessness. School failure. Depression, and the fragments they have become after enduring years of sexual abuse.Then, sex work. Conflicted. Irony.Then, addiction.And this is Appalachia where people OD by the dozens. In terms of categories where you can… -
U Slept On the Ground Back Then
i have lived in shit holes my whole fucking life/ULiterallyDoNotWant2KnowAllOfThisAmongTheBadPeopleTheyKnowWhoThey R2/ the dust on our eyelids that remainNotWords, NotDiamondsNotPotatoesTheLastOfAllTheRomans/ StillLiveinShitHolesArmedWithSwordsInBattleWhereTheFloorCouldCaveInAtAnyMoment/ WhatMoreDoUWantFromMe/
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summerdusted
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back of the bike
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U in Cabo
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bisexuality
When Your Past Says Wait A Minute
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the conflicted
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slips the light in fantastic slants like life’s a dance/of chance
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There Were Rocks And Things