Verse Novel Series

The Closer

Why am I trying

to tell an untold story?

Better men have gone

before me and failed. So I

cannot lose. I must prevail.

—Nowhere Boy

The Closer (cont.)

Why am I trying

to tell an untold story?

Better men have gone

before me and failed. So know,

success is mandatory.

—Nowhere Boy

The Closer (concluded)

I won’t buy into

what Damage Bandits did to

convince you that we

no longer possess the truth.

Time to shut down the sales booth.

—Nowhere Boy

Conversations with The BeenThere Man

Mending Fences

We don’t get

Limitless chances.

So you must

be careful

of the opportunities

used for advancement.

We don’t get

limitless chances.

So you must

understand

this. You’re not a condition

of circumstances.

—The BeenThere Man

Mending Fences (cont.)

We don’t get

limitless chances.

The Damage

Bandits have

planned for it. They’re on the way;

tell them they can’t stay.

We don’t get

limitless chances.

They are on

the way. Yet

what they don’t understand is

You can handle it.

— The BeenThere Man

Thoughts for a Nowhere Boy

Crumpled

Why do we

cry? Our souls get

lost inside

spiritual

storms; auras crashing against

time. Don’t fall in line.

Space-time is

blended, folded and

wrinkled. It

won’t stay in

line. The clock clicks and picks teams.

but time has no side.

-Nowhere Boy