an old writer and his words

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    • Free of the Shadow
    • Prior Publications
  • WHERE’S MY FREE GIFT?

    They were old, or seemed soto a twenty-three-year-old bank managerwho spent time guiding them throughthe door, through the new account paperwork,through financial decisions theywere ill prepared to make, knowingthey were there not only becausemy branch office was close to home,but for the free gifts they would getfor opening a new account.They were old, or seemed…

    Lou Faber
    March 20, 2024

  • ANTISOCIAL MEDIA

    The meaning is simple,a data point here,another there,an image,an algorithmwords writtenin jest,in anger,regret,withdrawal,cancellation,account closed,remaining shadows,way back,pixels always moving,real friendsonce touched,I aman avatar to you,I have erasedyou from memory.

    Lou Faber
    September 4, 2021

  • BREAKAGE

    There was always breakage. You accounted for breakage. You measured breakage. You didn’t know when breakage would happen, but you knew it would. You hoped to minimize breakage, but not to totally avoid it. It couldn’t be done and there were those who relied on some level of breakage to make a living, who cleaned…

    Lou Faber
    April 21, 2021

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