Jeremy Hammett - In The Pines (Page 2)

A young soldier in blue pajamas sitting in a hospital bed. There's a feeding tube in his nose leading to an IV pump.

ICU

Cold, Dark, Comfort

I knew with a cold certainty I’ve never experience before or since that if I chose to quit, if I closed my eyes right then I would slip back into the cold, comfortable darkness. I wouldn’t feel a thing ever again.

A black mutt with white on his chest and paws sits in the sun on a dirty back porch.

PTSD

A Black Dog in the Sun

I couldn't help but shake my head. "You motherfucker..." Jack just looked at me with big sad eyes and wagged his tail. "Whole goddamned world is falling apart and you're just sitting in a sunbeam." If a dog could shrug Jack would've.

A pair of blue jeans and black, pointed toe, western, cowboy boots on a light brown hardwood floor.

On Pearl Snaps, Cowboy Boots, and Fascist Pricks

After a long hard winter in Massachusetts and in need of a break from the weather I took a trip to Austin Texas in May of 2024 to spend time with friends, eat tacos, drink beer and catch a Drive by Truckers concert at Austin City Limits. I wrote this

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I Don't Want to Do This (An Introduction)

So here I am. Blogging. Like some pretentious Brooklynite with a trust fund.