Tim Barrus Blog

1. Blue Ridge Baby

   Revenge has a few things to hang doubt upon. – Tim Barrus

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2. That These Vaults, too, Should Crack

   The weight of this sad time, and sing, and tell old tales we can do this. We can do more than just endure.

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3. Appalachia Kicks

   I live in Appalachia. Supposedly, this, too, is North Carolina. I live here because it’s cheap. Economics is the great leveler. I eat what I can grow. Why is that supposed to be a humiliation. This is the land of No One Makes Much Around Here Anyway. We are not…

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4. Road Trip

   I wake up in the morning with Romeo Void in my mouth. I will slit my wrists without coffee. Coffee. I go to work constructing Romeo. Knowing full well, the critics finally get the final say. Or do they. Get anything. Most of them will flog me (don’t even go…

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5. porch

   He sang songs in this rocker. And he forgot his hat.

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6. Pierre at Cap Breton

   Pierre at Cap Breton

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7. Do you like it? Boy, I Want, Want, Want, Whatchu Want, Want, Want, Give It 2 Me, Baby, Like Boom, Boom, Boom

   Do you like it?Boy, I want, want, want whatchu want, want, wantGive it to me, baby, like boom, boom, boomWhat I want, want, want is what you want, want, wantNah, nah-ah Published as non-fiction, each memoir recounted purported aspects of the author’s life. The memoirs referred to his Navajo heritage,…

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8. Sitting in the Car Alone

   I see shadows. And they move. Time itself is a choreography. I still cannot believe he’s gone. I only get kicked like this if there’s rain. I have no idea why. I had to break the door down. He was so glad to see me. I realized, he was probably…

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9. X-rayy

   tim barrus

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10. Oscar Has No Clothes

    I so do not care about clothes or fashion. I only wear clothes when I take the dog out. I wear farmer jeans and Tshirts. I do not care about film. I am a dinosaur from Appalachia. In 1934, I stopped watching anything produced by Hollywood. The last TV show…

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