Dallas Clayton Writer, Artist and Author of An Awesome Book.
UPON RETURNING TO THE HARDCORE SHOW
UPON RETURNING TO THE HARDCORE SHOW I am towed under by a wave of small dangerous bodies forged from a collective evil puffed up and buzzing with energy mottled like a hornet’s nest and equally frail in practice. I feel in an instant like the happiest man alive like a victor, bathed sunshine and blanketed [...]
POLYGRAPH
POLYGRAPH I read a study regarding our ability to lie and how it showcases an accelerated aptitude the younger it takes hold. Children who lie and get away with it are rewarded as they lie with a direct goal in mind. Children who lie and don’t get away with it are punished and learn to [...]
——————————————– About this blog… I’m sorry I haven’t been hanging out here as much as I could be. It’s summer and I’ve been doing a lot of good life-living. That said I wanted to let you all know that I will be revamping this site shortly with all sorts of new additions in preparation for [...]
REFRESH
REFRESH Today I used the internet to buy a dozen babies and send them off to various countries which are lacking in babies. It was part of a contest Pepsi had put together. I think they will use the babies To help with crops and things. I don’t know, really I was on the phone [...]
WATER PARK
WATER PARK If I could take the terrorists anywhere it would be to Raging Waters. Mile upon mile of tube slides and wave pools lazy rivers and simulated surf breaks that roll on infinitely, middle finger to the moon. It’s the perfect place for mankind to realize just how far we’ve come, and how well [...]
DIVINE
DIVINE They met in a hurricane in the depths of a flood as row houses crumbled and trees were uprooted. They huddled together and took strength in the idea that they’d somehow been chosen while the only world that they knew folded on top of itself and was washed away forever.
BLACK CAT
BLACK CAT As they stood holding hands watching fireworks explode out over the waves each silently considered the show as a metaphor for all that life had become. He: Loud and colorful and bustling with strange patterns and beautiful innovation. She: An unavoidable spectacle charging top speed out of darkness begging your total attention and gone [...]
MOVERS
MOVERS The piano mover she found online hopped out of the front seat shirtless and sweating under a mop of long springy hair worn in a style that was once common with the least popular member of a moderately successful thrash band. He said nothing to her as he headed for the garage his less [...]
PEAK/VALLEY
PEAK/VALLEY He’d peaked at age nine and he knew it. Things were glorious then. With his body and his mind working as one his popularity was at an all time high. He knew everyone important by first name. And on a good day he was the second fastest in his class. His parents were together [...]
THESPIAN
THESPIAN I’ve started an acting class. We meet at a theater on Wednesday nights and play Jenga. Well, we act like we are going to play Jenga. But then everyone just comes up with excuses as to why they can’t make it. The person with the most believable excuse is the best actor and the [...]
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The others might not know because they can’t actually hear it but all the songs she plays are about you… Even when they aren’t.
PAGES
PAGES The perfect days arrive like so many chapters that you didn’t anticipate – with a call from a old friend you only answered to make sure everything was alright back east, a visit by a curious stranger weighed down by an even more curious burden, or with a challenge set forth that you could [...]
KIDS SONGS
KIDS SONGS Driving in the car with a seven year old listening to “What’s Going On” the lyrics puzzle him so I explain the idea – We have to find a way to be nicer to each other, rather than fighting, and killing people. “This singer is good.” He asks his name. “Marvin Gaye” I [...]