https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/interlude-8-the-understanding-thisisthepart-part-31-of-31 And at long last, “this is the part” that all the other parts have led to. The end of the Neverending Story. (“Eeee-eeee eeee-eee eeee-eeee . . “) The ultimate understanding of the ultimately un-understandable. And if you understand that, then my friend Frank has a beach house to sell you in Idaho. I [...] ...

“What does it mean when the one who had the fullest whiff of your soul / Declares that they’re all sniffed out and desire rehab from your hold? . . “ Even heartache is easier to navigate with a friend. Here, myself and dear friend and talented Tamil poet Gowri K traded part questioning, part [...] ...

https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/interlude-7-the-grieving-thisisthepart-part-28 “This is the part we’d both wanted to avoid but the way we were avoiding had become worse than the thing we were avoiding . . ” Yeah. That part. (Painting courtesy of www.reshadapullenjireh.com. Photography courtesy of www.rdionefoto.com. Follow the complete #ThisIsThePart saga at www.brokeballer.com!) https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/interlude-7-the-grieving-thisisthepart-part-28 ...

“Love In The Time Of Science” {#ThisIsThePart, Part 26 of 31} https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/love-in-the-time-of-science-thisisthepart-part-26-of-31 “You have to be careful not to fall into my trap . . ” ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez In 1985, Gabriel Garcia Marquez released the novel Love In The Time Of Cholera. It centered around a decades-long love, kept kindled by an endearing-if-impossibly-awkward [...] ...

https://soundcloud.com/brokeballer/interlude-6-the-breaking-thisisthepart-part-24-of-31 #ThisIsThePart where silences say more than words. Where two ships pass each other in the night, blasting cannonballs at each other for spite. Where pirates of passion, once “hooked” on each other, now walk the plank of purgatory. Too attached to stray. Too detached to stay. Whose line is it, anyway? (Samples “Great Divide” [...] ...

“I see the sky in your eyes, but your tears start clouding it / I made a map of your mind, but you’re always rerouting it / You’re good money to me, but you call yourself counterfeit / Can’t confide in me, because you don’t have the confidence . . ” Said sentiments sound much [...] ...

Hi. I’m . . Druid. She’s . . an angel. And you’re . . her mom. Does that make you . . God?? . . . (Painting courtesy of www.reshadapullenjireh.com.) ...