John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 23, 2009, 12:51 am
We claim to know nothing of Love, But we wrench it up in each other like the car that went off the side of the bridge over the Chattahoochee. A time released baptism by brackish water, washing of...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 21, 2009, 11:18 pm
“Break on thru to the other side—-Jim Morrison /the Doors” I have made a promise to myself, It starts with you.. A promise I can actually keep No hint of insincerity, Uncomforta...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 20, 2009, 5:56 pm
Audio Here We are Fragile. Fragile like bullet proof glass. Vulnerable, yet never living easy. Undefeated in loss or by loss. And we lose frequently. It makes us. So we act impenetrable. Imper...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 18, 2009, 1:32 am
Audio Here Say something. Please Long winded, with verve. With dedication, with depth, and feeling. Something evangelistic. I need to hear you now, to be rid of what I thought I heard before. De...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 15, 2009, 4:35 am
Audio Here you loved me being human selfish stupid i let you down too soon, as predicted once was enough for a girl like you i loved you the only way i knew how quickly proud like a peacock an...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 13, 2009, 1:55 pm
Audio Here Scars shine like jewelry. Under the microscope of introspection. Two opposite poles possess positive and negative. all along the borderline between the true and false. I sit in the chem...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 11, 2009, 8:28 pm
Vanity comes in  a bottle. Scientific potions, and creams. Perfect Angels – down to their wings sell modern day snake oil. Plastic bands in my belly. Now I’m worthy. Images of success fro...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 7, 2009, 2:50 pm
In my youth it was the fastest, the highest, most dramatic vertical drop. These days it is not enough. Twenty-seven times in a row, two five hour days back to back spent trying to relive the rus...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 6, 2009, 1:05 am
Audio Reading You Win. I love You. I will always honor Us. I am here. For you. Forever. Infinity times Infinity. Forgive seventy times seventy. I will. Please endure my ramblings for a while. ...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 5, 2009, 11:13 am
A girl I once knew had “anger issues”. I would tease her when angry and frustrated with the days offerings, telling her she should go outside, and give a high decible, blood curdling, cowb...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 4, 2009, 2:06 am
The Preacher Rode A Greyhound. I am pretty sure Jesus would have too. It’s, how the Preacher could do it. The audience was captive, led to imply they cared about what he was saying, teaching...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 3, 2009, 4:02 am
world collapses around me. fear of losing unveiled I hope you will love me be the wind inflate my sails waves will rise try and drown me. boat deluged–water shattered by the rocks I ...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 1, 2009, 4:16 pm
There’s a whole other world, Unfamiliar, foreign to you and I. Read of it in books, Seen it in picture shows. I can take you there if you want to go. Complacent in the pattern? You could t...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Nov 1, 2009, 6:08 am
Please pardon the hassle. Tweetmic, the app I use for audio posts is having issues. Audio posts may not perform as expected, or you may be directed to another site. AAAAARRRRGGGHHH ! Halloween gremli...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 30, 2009, 4:26 am
Click Here To Listen To Audio Version I walk a thin line between the spiritual and the self destructive. I’m not ungrateful. I understand that things may not go the way I want them to I try to ...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 25, 2009, 2:17 pm
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 22, 2009, 11:40 pm
This is a test of your emergency long lasting net worth. For the next thirty days or so, your loyalty will be questioned. Your honesty and integrity will be examined, and all the kindness, generosit...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 20, 2009, 10:57 pm
Listen to Audio Reading-Music sampled from The Raveonettes-Ally Walk With Me Brass jacket filled with powder leveled at my head Feeling no less dangerous as it would if it could render me dead If it...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 19, 2009, 11:55 am
Listen to an audio reading of this poem On the asphalt of the parking lot the moon makes a quiet lake. I remember other times. Spontaneous encounter used to be enough for me. I no longer felt alo...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 19, 2009, 4:09 am
Visual Poetry The shadows stealing this photo/Use black/Should not I ?/ Silver voice said feel/A fire of payback Share/Save
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 19, 2009, 12:25 am
Audio Reading can be heard here Time has been such a strange phenomenon in my life. I am relatively certain that doesn’t make me particularly unique, but it does feel as if I’ve either pa...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 18, 2009, 5:00 am
The Girl was asked one day about her most unique doll collection. She described dolls of all sorts and for all occasions. There were the ones who looked pretty like the Barbies and the Kens. There wer...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 18, 2009, 4:23 am
the sun shines brightly tonight. it started early this morning, rendered from the defeat of fright. the wrong has taken a turn for its worse and is moving rapidly toward the right. towards the lig...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 17, 2009, 5:42 am
Noone is as inspired, as me in my thoughts of you. Releasing my might and courage. Enough to face the fight. To light fires, and spread my wings for battle. Accepting the challenge of the dark of n...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 16, 2009, 3:11 pm
Hey, Hey, You awake? Am I? I had the craziest dream. I wanted to tell you about it. There were dancers , singers, It was a carnival, with clowns and all. They were all me, They were all you. The...
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John N "Jack" Varnell posted an article on The Emotional Orphan - Oct 16, 2009, 3:14 am
Link to audio reading… I keep losing myself in my race to mediocrity-with pit stops along the way to refuel on fare from a table of apathy. I heard this from a very wise man one day. A man I th...
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