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In its 2/2/18 issue, the Milpitas Post published my poems “Forgotten Password”, “Non-Returning”,

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Z.F. Thrimej

and “Studious Couple” (along with more poetry from the Peaceful Poets group that I moderate and proofread for). They’re on page 21. One week before that (and in its 1/26/18 issue), the Milpitas Post published my poems “Green Donut”, “Time … Continue reading →

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An overpriced toy is what a 4-year-old hungers.

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Z.F. Thrimej

The response from that child’s parent is “Bummer.” While the grown-up won’t buy it, the 4-year-old pleads. Her parent wisely knows what that child doesn’t need.

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Buying time could lead to the purchase of seasoning (since time sounds like thyme;

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Z.F. Thrimej

that is my reasoning). So a request for more time might be answered with herbs because multiple flavors are in sounds and words…

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A customer was buying a sign that says “LOVE”. So a clerk asked that customer “Will you be putting that sign in your bedroom?

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Z.F. Thrimej

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Total sounds more epic, more dramatically heightened when it is pronounced Toh-TALL!

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Z.F. Thrimej

There’s a seeking-for-completion-while-launching-high-to-the-sky ambitiousness (and/or even a world-domination-level-approaching confidence) to that pronunciation. It sounds more adventurous than the way that total is often spoken: toad-dull. So (as a I work as a part-time cashier/clerk , and especially on slow days,) … Continue reading →

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Yesterday, a customer bought a calendar from next year. Then she returns it (at the same store where she bought it) now. It’s almost like time travel

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Z.F. Thrimej

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I recently received an update from a friend that she’s moved to a city named “Purchase”. Her update of her arrival in the city of Purchase is kinda like a receipt

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Z.F. Thrimej

of a purchase.

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The Discontinued (and other potential concepts, characters, ideas for a Retail/ Customer Service Horror Fantasy Suspense Story

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Z.F. Thrimej

that I would like to write more about; maybe it’ll even be a movie i could someday somehow make) The Discontinued The Fallen Shelves The Cutter of All Costs Slasher of Costs The Expired Pur Chase The Coup Pawns Murder … Continue reading →

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In its 2/2/18 issue, the Milpitas Post published my poems “Forgotten Password”, “Non-Returning”,

An overpriced toy is what a 4-year-old hungers.

Buying time could lead to the purchase of seasoning (since time sounds like thyme;

A customer was buying a sign that says “LOVE”. So a clerk asked that customer “Will you be putting that sign in your bedroom?

Total sounds more epic, more dramatically heightened when it is pronounced Toh-TALL!

Yesterday, a customer bought a calendar from next year. Then she returns it (at the same store where she bought it) now. It’s almost like time travel

I recently received an update from a friend that she’s moved to a city named “Purchase”. Her update of her arrival in the city of Purchase is kinda like a receipt

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