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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • Keep Me Out Of The Sun

    What would you do if you lost all your possessions? I will rejoice in the wind at the seaside while it cools me from the blazing sun that dries my well fed body after taking a deep plunge into icy water that takes my breath away. The opposite way I feel when my stuffy car…

  • The Writer Walks Alone

    A pedestrian attempts to slip a coat over his lofty outstretched arms as a train passes by carrying oranges from Florida that will never be squeezed because there is a war going on inside his head. Right now he’s fighting for sanity over the size of the coat and not being able to bring down…

  • Know Thy Name

    Where did your name come from? I used to go around for years, even as early as a month ago, saying Erich is right after Enoch in the genealogy portion of the Old Testament. I learned  a few minutes ago from “ye old AI” that it is indeed false. I’m not sure what I did…

  • Lakeland

    What do you love about where you live? I love frogs and crickets.  I love wind and cool air.  I love when the stars come out of hiding from everywhere. I love the taste of apples.  I love the smell of leaves.  I love when the sun goes down even over trees. I love shade…

  • The Alternative To Growth

    There, in an alternate universe, I am a giant. I use tree trunks to pick wild game from my teeth. I eat whole herds by the handful that I roast by tossing towards the sun then open my mouth quickly to catch them like I catch peanuts here, in the universe of shrews, bugs, and…