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After an Excellent Workout
October 8, 2025
After an excellent workout, the creative side overwhelms—
A deliciously delightful distraction of conversation for a Monday morning.
This started to be a small tribute to Charlie Kirk using his first name as inspiration.
But after the first two lines it went in a different direction. But no disrespect to Charlie. Maybe, I’ll get back on track when I’m more serious. Like Friday night instead of Monday morning.
Charlie
(A Pantry Portrait)
The casualness of the name
comfortable, neighborly,
scholarly, humble.
Charlie—
my tuna,
swimming in the pantry.
Soon—
to surface in
a casserole.
What’s in a name?
What’s in Charlie’s fate?
To vanish in noodles
and cream of
mushroom soup.
Or to live forever—
nourishment
for body, mind and soul.
Immortalized—
at the potluck dinner,
remembered in whispers:
“That casserole—
oh yes,
Charlie was—
delicious.”
Postscript—
I guess it kept some of its original intent to honor Charlie’s sacrifice.
After an excellent workout, the creative side overwhelms—
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