Mack D. Ames

Joined January 2023

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Tongue-in-cheek humor. Educator & hobbyist writer in Maine, USA. Mid50s. Emotional. Forgiven. Thankful. One wife, 2 adult sons, 1 dog. Novel: Lost My Way in the Darkness: Jack's Journey. https://a.co/d/6UE59OY. Not pen name Bill M, partly.

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I had a friend
I had a friend. He was handsome and smart. He had a great smile, an infectious laugh, and the ability to make others comfortable around him, even if they didn’t understand the situation as well as he seemed to. He didn’t put others down. He never belittled, and despite his superior processing abilities, I never felt inferior to him. He helped me pass some difficult classes in high school, in particular, and I’ve never forgotten his patience with me when I struggled to understand concepts and procedures.
By Mack D. Ames3 years ago in Humans
Taken
I saw death. Though you were gone long before the end, I knew your day had come. Your bright, clear, blue eyes that once twinkled at a private joke or scolded
By Mack D. Ames3 years ago in Poets
Impractical Joke
"Just do it already." Scott sneered when he said it. He sneered when he said anything. I really didn't him. I tried to, but he was obese, never shaved, sweated profusely, rarely showered, and--
By Mack D. Ames3 years ago in Fiction

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