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Over the Coca Cola Sign
This is a story about how the best ballplayer not in the Baseball Hall of Fame playing in one of the most racially charged cities in...
Michael Carestio
Jan 219 min read


Changin'
Change is good No feel-good google quotes, please The only constant in life is change You googled that What scares you most about change...
Michael Carestio
Jul 24, 20241 min read


In Siberian Cold Blood
What did Navalny think was going to happen. Navalny knew he was DOA. I can’t decide if he’s a patriot or a martyr. He is both. Happens...
Jane Scaccetti
Feb 20, 20242 min read


Body? What Body?
I was having lunch in Shank’s, a South Philly hole-in-the-wall where everybody goes from priests and politicians to gangsters to coaches...
Michael Carestio
Feb 20, 20246 min read


Three Little Words
I love you Please forgive me Let it be Count your blessings Dreams come true All worthy words that inspire the soul But it’s this...
Michael Carestio
Feb 20, 20241 min read


Behold. You're Old.
The first time I felt older was when I had my wild Covid hair, this older woman, a Black women tells me on an elevator that she likes my...
Michael Carestio
Feb 9, 20242 min read


EXs
EXs crypto sam’s ex drops a digital dime on him to the feds absofuckinglutely. Who takes a dive for their ex i wonder who dumped who...
Michael Carestio
Feb 3, 20241 min read


Heavy
So smaller kids like me can be more physical You aren’t big to inflict serious damage Bigger kids like you are afraid to hurt someone...
Michael Carestio
Feb 3, 20241 min read


God Speaks
When wisps of white smoke rose from the capitol dome We had elected a speaker He says his election is divine intervention Mike ‘i’m...
Michael Carestio
Feb 3, 20241 min read


Winter Sun
I found my first slice this afternoon In our garden beside the ocean It’s like seeing an old flame Summer suns are unforgiving stars A...
Michael Carestio
Feb 3, 20241 min read


Ten Minutes
Hello. Good afternoon. It’s warm isn’t it. July in the city gets hot. May I sit for a bit on your lovely bench. Absolutely, that’s why...
Michael Carestio
Jan 19, 20245 min read


elon musk
i’m angry about what you name it the economy i’m outraged crime i’m mad attacks on democracy i’m fighting mad health care costs i’m...
Michael Carestio
Jan 6, 20241 min read


happy is hard
happy is hard i’m not happy what gives you the right to be happy we all have a right to be happy why aren’t you happy i can’t put my...
Michael Carestio
Jan 6, 20241 min read


Keep the Frigging Car Running.
JP Chronicles #1 I’m driving JP’s ’73 Antiqua Blue El Dorado convertible. JP is riding shotgun. He wants to check out a tip and find the...
Michael Carestio
Dec 20, 20233 min read


Easy. Cheesy. Smile. Summer ‘23
Everything is harder for the little girl. Except for her smile. It comes easy and is more than a bit cheesy. Its sincerity could melt the...
Michael Carestio
Dec 19, 20231 min read
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