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By Chris ZPublished 10 months ago Updated 10 months ago 1 min read

"We are stardust /

Billion-year-old carbon...

Caught in the devil's bargain.

And, we've got to get ourselves /

Back to the garden."

- Mitchell, 1969

From Eden I trod /

into the Land of Nod.

when a malevolent sod

when a benevolent god /

condemned future generations /

to trials and tribulations /

for one woman's abnegations /

of a man's world's temptations.

- CZ, 2025

"I can remember /

I do recall.

There were no weeds /

no thorns at all.

I was misguided,

I was misled

I asked for good,

but got evil instead."

- Chambers & Nicholson, 2012

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Chris Z

My opinion column garnered more reader responses than any other contributor in the paper's 40-year run. As a stand-up comic, I performed in 16 countries & 26 states. I've written 2 one-man shows, umpteen poems, songs, essays & chronologies.

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