Chapter 17 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem Like every predawn morning for the past three months, Jake awakens somewhere between a memory and a dream; in that surreal purgatory, short of here and not really there. Saturday night’s …
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Companion poem to chapter 15 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter I am the frontier farmer who, like my father and his father before, dares to imagine the day when things are more fantastic. I am the clerk who never …
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Chapter 15 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read Companion poem Jake snatches his birthday pistol off the table on his way to the large terracotta flowerpot just outside the tasting room entrance where Theresa strategically arranged an assortment of colorful early …
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Chapter 16 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem Jake watches Preston’s rust-riddled Range Rover disappear down the driveway before returns unevenly to the courtyard, he didn’t intend to end this exceeding long, emotionally exhausting day drunk, but after Dwayne’s …
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Companion poem for chapter 16 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter, Read original poem You are love that comes with bitter truth.The world churns on the chaos of context, where getting it right, or assuming it’s wrong, has less to …
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A few years back while on a motorcycle tour of Northern Italy, I stopped on afternoon at a sidewalk cafe in a small village for lunch. I had no idea what I ordered, but when it arrived it looked like a bowl of plain spaghetti …
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Chapter 14 from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem HHistory turns on minor moments and ironically, preconditioning doesn’t much matter once the moment goes live. But that really only holds for those who later attempt to truthfully retrace their journey …
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Companion poem to chapter 14 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read original poem, Read chapter Everything fades, which requires coming to terms with how damn hard it is to establish a new normal. Like late harvest grapes turning in the sun …
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Chapter 13 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem Jake doesn’t notice Theresa being dropped off on the security cameras, he doesn’t hear her unlock the courtyard gate, or step through the tasting room’s double French doors. Her sudden appearance …
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Companion poem for chapter 13 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter, Read original poem We were there when statues crumbled.When simple people stood togetherand bled for something better.We remember the Holodomor,the callous calculating waysavages act in self interestand realize every …
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