AM I A "GOOD PERSON?"

Apples and oranges. Avocadoes. Avocado toast – and I'm broke! Asking for forgiveness, asking for permission. Accolades. Aftermarket afterburners. Antiheroes. Abalone. Anchors. Acting out when necessary. Avarice. Assistants. Assistance. Alligators. Aarons. Australia. Antidotes. Audio Visual clubs. Amps. Allspice, and all spices. Agriculture. Antics. Ash where once stood a school. Atlantis, perhaps. Atlanta, for sure. Aeroflot. Airplanes. Anxiety. Ativan. Am I a "good person?" At least, am I a "good looking person?" Axe murderers. Axes. Axes. Accessibility. Agoraphobia. Ankar Wat. Ask a silly question. Americas, all of em. Are we there yet? Argh matey! Arms. Armistices. Arm wrestling. Armistice wrestling. Anxious little poets. Aquifers. AWOL. Aha! Air pockets, air raids. Ammunition, an unlimited supply. Antivenin at select hospitals. Amends. Azure skies (just keep telling yourself it's not the pollution). All I wanna do, is have some fun. After the pandemic, we _______________. Ahem, over here. Ants. Aunts. Appaloosas. Appalachia. Arrest that man! Aw shucks. Aliens. Alieanable rights. Air quality days. Addition, subtraction. Aardvarks. Armadillos, how do they carry leprosy, exactly? Armalite Rifles. Ardor. Arbor day. Anger, boiling over every neighbor's top, guess I'll order less food for the BBQ. Auspices. Automatic transmissions, I bet only ten percent of the people reading this can use a manual. Awkward! Ajax, aegis. Adjustments. Alaska. Alberta, where my sister lives. Agog at the latest. Attaboy! Attagirl! Achilles. Apropos. All good. Asparaguses. Aplomb. All the A states, I'm not gonna list em. Afflictions. Affections. Affectations. Achoo! Art. Arseholes and assholes. Affluent neighborhoods, but at least they have good Christmas lights. Aggression. All Faiths. Aesop's Fables. Aeros, from Houston, hopefully again someday. Always love. Attention, would the owner of the white Tundra please report to the front desk? Action! Alleigiances, so fragile. Almonds. Amends. Amendments. Addendums. Add ons. Acclimation. Armoires. Awww, how cute! Adoration. Armored cars. Aim. Ascending to… Assimilation. A simulation. Ailments. ABCs. Africa. Asia. Australia. Antarctica. Alphabet soup. Alphas and Omegas. Applications for the skin conditions caused by Air Quality Days. Angels in the outfield, ejected from the game. Able bodies. Attack squads. Asps. Amen.

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ORBITAL DECAY

Obsequities. Onerous. Onanism. Obelisks. Officers, officers, officer down! Only humans. Onions. Oxtails. Oxen, or can it ever be oxes? Ophelia, my cat, her ashes at least. Oblique conversations. Olly olly oxen free! Ofglenn. Ogden, Utah. Open books, yet closed doors. Open boxes of cereal. Over here! Olympic athletes. Ontario. Omnomnom. Ores. Oars. On time, borrowed from whom. Ottawa Senators, go Sens go! Osh Kosh. O Captain, my captain! Ozymandias, you silly goof! Oy vey! Odd jobs. Old men. Onomatopoeia. Olfactory senses. Odors, can they be sweet? Oranges. Ohio, four dead in. Onyx. Oppenheimer, you too can become death if you truly will it. Ojibwe. Oleander. Oh say can you see. Ogres under the bridge. Open sesame. On God. On a roll. Onion roll. Orbital decay. Oyez, oyez! Ouch! Oh man! Oh boy! Oh woman! Oh girl! Ommmmmmm. Obituary decay. Och, laddie. Opining on a Tuesday even. Occidentalism. Ochre. Other people's money. Other people's pussy. Often wrong. Oh Henry! Obliteration and, yes, even oblivion. Off color, off note. O-R-E-O, Nabisco (ding)! Oodles and oodles. Ointments, sounds gross. OJ. Ojays, The. Ohio Players, The. Odysseys setting off every day. Ospreys. Oz, great and powerful. Oozing out the important goop. Oafs. Orlando… Florida??? Open wide. Ousting the troublesome generals. O'Brien potatoes. Ok, I'll do it. Ossuaries. Osteopaths. Orecchiette. Onto the next step, it's less rotted. Oops!

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These are part of a long abecedarian type project that meditates on heavens, hells, and Earth. Both of these pieces are Earth chunks.