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CalebLailMusik

@caleblailmusik

Hi! I enjoy writing music, poetry, fiction, and occasional essays. I play a bunch of instruments and like to smile. I also love cookie dough ice cream!

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Feb 15, 2019, 1:52 PM UTC

Three Poems

Cold-Brew Coffee Eyes your cold-brew coffee eyes, for the first time ever don't have me searching for my own reflection in them Genetics (What I Want on Pizza) palmfuls of kale and artichoke hearts,…

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Jan 1, 2019, 3:18 PM UTC

καλές διακοπές!

Painting by Minas Halaj “I really really don’t want to do this Christmas thing.” The youngest of my children said this, into the open air of our communal dinner table. The thing still showed scuffs o…

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Dec 16, 2018, 8:27 PM UTC

Write Club, Week 2 Prompt!

Image for "Stanville" by Rachel Kushner in the New Yorker. Link below. I promised myself (and the universe around me) that I wouldn’t do another Flannery O’Connor short story because, at that point,…

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Dec 15, 2018, 2:07 AM UTC

Back from the Dead! (Or am I?) (Read Me My Writes (Again) #0.5)

I probably am not, but I thought I'd give y'all hope. No, here's a short letter. I have no excuses. At all. Sure, I'm in college, I just finished my finals, I break my back booking shows and pushing…

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Oct 29, 2018, 5:35 PM UTC

Lily and Nadine (Short Fiction)

[This is in the public domain] The blue light from the window above my bed cast a sea-sick glow on my sister’s face. Her face. Drawn tight with age, or was it weariness, like she’d been holding a lem…

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Oct 17, 2018, 3:48 PM UTC

Netcoins and Steem and Vote and Stuff

Because screw permissions. I found a post that @negativer did. Basically, Steem is in the running to be listed for free on Netcoins, which will greatly increase it's value, but it's on a vote-based s…

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Sep 27, 2018, 2:53 PM UTC

I.F. (Fifty Word Story about Robot Torture or Something)

First off, mega-congratulations to the lovely @jayna who a) Hosts this competition and b) Won a trip to Poland for the 3rd(?) Steemfest! Woot! This is based off of her prompt "If." There are a lot of…

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Sep 24, 2018, 8:53 PM UTC

TWB Art Prompt Contest #14 Pics!

Heyyo! So, I've never tried submitting art/photography for the Writer's Block Art Prompt Contest, but heck, I thought I'd try it! I honestly don't know why I haven't done it before. Anyways, these ar…

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Sep 18, 2018, 10:50 PM UTC

"Room 25" by Noname: An Album Review

I don't have a very complex history with Noname. I heard her verse on Chance the Rapper's Coloring Book (like I'm sure a lot of people did) and decided to see if she had work and, until a few days ag…

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CalebLailMusik
@caleblailmusik Sep 6, 2018, 2:17 PM UTC

Where is Everyone? (The End of Steemit)

Aretha Franklin's funeral, lolz So, I haven't been on Steemit in about two months. I apologize mostly to those who liked seeing my comments on things and looked forward to my little $0.02 upvotes. I…

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