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First Time Drinkers By Joe S. Thomas
*** On the days that I really fight the depression that often overwhelms me I find myself thinking a lot about when I started drinking and drugging, why I did so and how it has affected my life… I’m still no goody 2 shoes and I’m not cool with anyone telling me how to live… Continue reading
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Windsor Court By Joe S. Thomas
*** I woke up today with thoughts of Windsor Court in my mind… I believe that’s my subconscious begging for a bit of punishment or perhaps some nostalgia for things long past and even dead… Windsor Court, it sounds so elegant… And the neighborhood itself was at one time… Two and three story, beautiful homes… Continue reading
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Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story and My Feelings By Joe S. Thomas
*** Being from the south and knowing what I’ve heard and even seen in my lifetime, I’ve always been interested in race relations, particularly between blacks and whites… It’s well documented and movies have been made about the horrible, often inhumane way people of color were treated and dare I say are still treated in… Continue reading