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Published in Humiliation of a Samurai

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one VINCENT part 1

THAT WAS THE SUMMER WE DID OUR LAUNDRY IN THE TUB. Kyle handed over my final check when I was terminated but I wouldn’t get my tips until I laundered and returned my uniform. Never in my history of terminations had I been leveraged to revisit the scene of such…

Alcoholism

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one VINCENT part 1
one VINCENT part 1
Alcoholism

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Published in Humiliation of a Samurai

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one VINCENT part 2

< part one Kyle was a glow-stick raver with stainless spikes in his ears until he got hold of a bad dose of sunshine and shit himself at Coachella, found Jesus Christ while sucking on ice cubes and staring at the ceiling of a darkened recovery tent. Now he was…

Literary Fiction

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one VINCENT part 2
one VINCENT part 2
Literary Fiction

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Published in Humiliation of a Samurai

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one VINCENT part 3

< part two My final coaching conversation was a speakerphone three-way with Sharon at HR. Kyle rubbed a flaky hole in his earlobe and nodded while Sharon charted my course according to PapaTaco’s flat-Earth map of corporate expectations. My current heading had long ago sailed beyond the point of here…

Literary Fiction

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one VINCENT part 3
one VINCENT part 3
Literary Fiction

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Published in Humiliation of a Samurai

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two MARGARET part 1

< back to chapter one THAT WAS THE DAY I LEFT THE APARTMENT FOR GOOD. The moment it became clear I’d put faith and trust in someone who obstructed my development? Prevented me from connecting crucial dots? I didn’t need a self-help book with a sternly worded title to understand…

Literary Fiction

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two MARGARET part 1
two MARGARET part 1
Literary Fiction

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Published in Humiliation of a Samurai

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two MARGARET part 2

< part one All I needed that day was a shred of peace. Enough silence and sacred space to recover from another eight-hour-long punch in the face disguised as employment. I took my breaks at my desk and did crossword puzzles. Spent sixty silent minutes hunched over my phone in…

Literary Fiction

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two MARGARET part 2
two MARGARET part 2
Literary Fiction

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Published in Monkey Rocket Inc.

·Mar 25

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Photography

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Published in Humiliation of a Samurai

·Mar 23

ten VINCENT part 3

< back to part two Keenan was a quirky kettle of drama who sent every breath and spoken word adrift on wheezy sighs. He communicated by posing and answering his own passive-aggressive riddles in distinct and separate tones. When monologue forked into dialogue you could shut your eyes and picture…

Alcoholism

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ten VINCENT part 3
ten VINCENT part 3
Alcoholism

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Published in Monkey Rocket Inc.

·Mar 19

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STREETS & GRAFFITI 014 — < photos 217 all content ©2022 J.R. Schaefers unless otherwise credited graffiti, stickers, posters and other artwork are the property of their creators vancouver, b.c., canada

Photography

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Photos 218
Photography

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Published in Monkey Rocket Inc.

·Mar 19

Photos 217

STREETS & GRAFFITI 013 — < photos 216 < streets & graffiti 012 all content ©2022 J.R. Schaefers unless otherwise credited graffiti, stickers, posters and other artwork are the property of their creators dedication If you’ve not read anything by Medium author Dr John Frederick Rose (at ease with your red pen, there’s no period after…

Photography

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Published in Monkey Rocket Inc.

·Mar 19

Photos 216

< photos 215 photographs ©2023 J.R. Schaefers — logos and other branded content are the property of their owners

Cemetery

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Cemetery

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J.R. Schaefers

J.R. Schaefers

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Purveyor of fine fiction. www.medium.com/humiliation-of-a-samurai www.instagram.com/citizensamurai/

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