American Lodi

"People come in and out of your life like busboys." -Stephen King

When a death in the family is your pet.

Time teaches you everything you need to know, unfortunately so much is left adrift in the passing of it that we fail to notice a very skewed moral compass.  

*This episode was inspired by the poem, The Advent of Spring, by legendary poet Du Fu.

It contains situations that may be disturbing to some viewers. Please be advised.

 

Advent Of Spring

The city has fallen: only the hills and rivers remain.

In Spring the streets were green with grass and trees.

Sorrowing over the times, the flowers are weeping.

The birds startled my heart in fear of departing.

The beacon fires were burning for three months,

A letter from home was worth ten thousand pieces of gold.

I scratch the scant hairs on my white head,

And vainly attempt to secure them with a hairpin.

 

-Du Fu

 

A story about loyalty . . . .

For Kai . . . . . 

Life is a service job . . .

Sometimes the meaning of life isn’t just for grief, but moreover healing.  That was the purpose of this piece.

-s. Kathryn

True loneliness is a void that can only be filled from how it truly began . . . becoming one with your Maker.

Episode #11 of an 11 episode series entitled The Road to Eminence

*Final episode of series.