Joker's Wild

Chapter 1 Max woke up, blinked his eyes and looked around. For a moment he was disoriented, but quickly saw the familiar sites of his dad's living room. It was barely recognizable with all the empty pizza boxes and beer bottles... or something? It wasn't a large living room. He lived in an apartment with … Continue reading BLOOMING BLOSSOMS →

SIX YEARS AGO Franko was an interesting kid. He was born to a 13 year old girl, and she was now 24. They lived in an apartment complex behind a golf course with some woods separating the course from the complex. His mom was white. He was half black, but he didn't know his dad. … Continue reading PROFESSOR OF CLASS CLOWNS →

I had a conversation today with a coworker about the value of a human life. Considering there is a limit to the GDP, we as a society are forced to develop a quantifiable value for a life. Current spending of GDP has about 17% of it dedicated to health care. If 17% of our labor … Continue reading Hobbesian Existentialism in Health Care →

“Did the baby come?” Elvis asked his ex-wife. “It never came,” she replied. “It never came.” “Why?” inquired Elvis, a little mortified. “I don’t know. I just don’t know.” This is a daily conversation here in the VA mental ward. Pretty soon Elvis will be doing the ‘Jail House Rocks,’ on the main doors to … Continue reading The original ‘Elvis’ story written inpatient →

There is a guy in the VA’s mental ward who has been a prisoner there for a least a dozen years. His name is Jimmy. They took away his ability to understand he is a prisoner with heavy antipsychotics. He just shuffles the hallway between long periods of sleep. Oh, we take care of our … Continue reading Kneeling for Veteran’s Day →

There is no right to live in America. If one's existence isn't exploitable to someone else through labour, we believe they should die. I've watched the elderly senile thrown into the general psych population at the VA, and thrown on general psychiatric medications that are a death sentence. It sucked watching the VA kill a … Continue reading The Absurdity of Disability →

The social shaming of conservatives by liberals gave rise to Trump. People are sick of not being able to talk freely and Trump freely says what he is thinking. Even if it is moronic, many are impressed that he is being truthful to how he actually thinks, rather than using the common ‘double talk’ of … Continue reading Democratic demogoguery on demigod delusions →

THE GOSPEL OF ELVIS by Chasing Jokers Wild In a hut in garrison in Vietnam on a hot summer day in 1969 there were four soldiers playing spades around an empty spool of wire serving as a table. The soldiers were sharing some good Thai weed, except Elvis. Elvis was a first lieutenant three weeks … Continue reading The Gospel of Elvis →

I finally understand the desire of Kafka to have his final works be buried into obscurity with him. I am definitely an existential absurdist, but with this is a love for humanity and the world around me despite the pain that co-exists with the entire WTF aspects of living. Heading towards Veteran’s Day 2018 I … Continue reading Draft of Veteran’s Day 2018 →

NINE YEARS AGO Officer John Christian had met some scum bags in his life. He had also met some excellent examples of what humanity should strive for. Unlike many of his fellow officers, Officer Christian kept in mind that the latter outnumbered the former. In fact, he had sworn to protect them and found that … Continue reading HEROES, VILLIANS and HUMANS →