LANCE GALLUP

the great equalizer

Posted on August 15, 2019
by Lance

For most of my life I've been involved in musical creativity - making my own, and trying to be aware of what others are creating as well. Since the advent...

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Standup

Posted on August 13, 2019
by Lance

an uneasy circle of combatantswicked blades at the readystand poker faced staringcutthroat into cold eyes bland words, empty and pointlessbut carefully chosenmask heightened sensesthey are birds of prey circlingwatching for weaknesspredatory...

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2 am

Posted on August 10, 2019
by Lance

2 am soft whirring of the ceiling fan only crickets hold the silence at bay in the darkness outside the faint yellow light leaking from the kitchen window. unmindful, night moves toward morning, August toward September, as if...

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A Vampire’s View

Posted on May 20, 2019
by Lance

The vampire doesn't often look in mirrors but happened to idly glance in one that morning. He didn't like who he saw. It couldn't have been his reflection… he's giving...

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Messy

Posted on May 4, 2019
by Lance

Hebrews 10:25 exhorts believers to "forsake not the assembling of yourselves together". I've always heard this verse used for scolding a person who isn't attending church regularly. But is that...

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Back In the Day

Posted on May 3, 2019
by Lance

back in the day when I was a kid in the summer of sixty three here is a photo of an old black DeSoto in the back seat are my...

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A Cry for Help

Posted on February 11, 2019
by Lance

I don't know how to start this off gracefully, so I'm just going to plow right into it. A FB friend posted this out of the blue today: "I don't...

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Oiseau Libre

Posted on November 15, 2018
by Lance

I wrote the following back in the days when I was chained to a desk for a paycheck. My stuff usually isn’t this style, but IIWII. (It Is What It...

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Global Warming

Posted on November 13, 2018
by Lance

When I was a kid and didn't know better, I bought some cool stickers and pasted them all over my bedroom window, much to my parents' dismay. Green peace signs...

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