Anniversary Poem

I wrote this for my wife, Malette, on our thirty-seventh wedding anniversary yesterday. A lasting relationship, as imperfect as it may be, transcends mere love, to form a bond that is stronger, and is linked inevitably to our mutual destiny. © Copyright 2016 by Kevin Fraleigh.

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I almost cut my hair

I thought about cutting my hair and beard, but that would be unfair to all the fans I don’t have yet. Addendum: As a gift to my wife upon her return from a trip in April to see the grandkids, I did shave off my beard. The wonderful thing about…

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Charismatic

It was one of those Saturdays—you know the kind. You don’t wake up quite on time and from that point on everything is sort of disjointed and out of phase. And that’s how it was that she talked me into driving all the way to Kissimmee to attend this healing…

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Words For A Story Not Yet Published

There was a black speck in the sky, and the sun grew bright, like God had come to Earth. Too late they realized that it wasn’t the sun after all. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

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Don’t kiss me in the moonlight

Don’t kiss me in the moonlight, I know where your lips have been. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

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The Human Condition

Other animals spend their lives living, whereas humans spend their lives creating elaborate rituals in the hope of avoiding death. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

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Dreams

Never discount your dreams. They are the portal to a dimension only available to you for the briefest of moments. Fall into them. Surrender to them. Let them take you to the places within the hidden you, then liberate them from their dark confines to share with the world. This…

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My Greatest Fear

My greatest fear is that after I am gone, after I have become soulless ash, someone will discover my stories and say, “He had such great potential.  It’s such a shame that he never—“ © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

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Everyday Horror

Horror isn’t always about monsters or a psychopath with a chainsaw. Horror is the simple things. Like walking across a parking lot and realizing that the car whipping into the parking spot you’re standing in isn’t going to stop. And you can plainly see the driver’s face, a woman in…

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The Curse

“Of all the curses from the fall, the most insidious and pervasive is that of love,” he said. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

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