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Aladdin's Genie
Aladdin's Genie Paul Hawkins He came to my yard sale and paid for an old toaster with $5 worth of nickels. I was asking $7 for it, but...
Paul Hawkins
Apr 1, 20222 min read
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Sears, Sodom and Gomorrah
I worked at the old Sears on 23rd and Penn in Oklahoma City during the mid 80’s. Rumor had it that on the third floor was a bordello for...
Paul Hawkins
Jan 28, 20221 min read
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Me, Herbalife and Meyer Wolfsheim
In The Great Gatsby, mobster Meyer Wolfsheim wore cufflinks made from human molars. Just to set the scene. I now realize that when I...
Paul Hawkins
Jan 24, 20223 min read
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Childhood Memories of a Prairie Catholic
I was a kid at St Francis, that downtown parish founded in the early 20th century originally a mission church to the whole Indian...
Paul Hawkins
Jan 24, 20224 min read
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Ben Franklin’s Bet
"Come on, Ben, it'll only take 15 minutes." "Yes, but fifteen minutes is still a quarter of an hour, my good man, and an industrious man...
Paul Hawkins
Aug 1, 20211 min read
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The Love Poem on a Grain of Rice
The Love Poem on a Grain of Rice Copyright 2012, Paul Hawkins Thirteen years ago when they were young and in love and could hardly afford...
Paul Hawkins
Jul 12, 20212 min read
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Phil Lamont - Attorney for the Damned
Phil Lamont spent his afterlife being the attorney for the damned. Each and every damned person got maybe ten minutes in court to plead...
Paul Hawkins
Jul 11, 20211 min read
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The Eight Mountain
Paul Hawkins And so they climbed the seventh mountain; and six mountains they climbed first, and each was more arduous than the last, and...
Paul Hawkins
Apr 12, 20211 min read
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My Summer, Myself, My Student Loan Debt - A Post-Graduate Confession
A disillusioned young man, graduated with no hope for the future and with mountains of student loan debt, resigns himself to the life of...
Paul Hawkins
Dec 1, 20206 min read
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