by davidshactman@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2026 | My Writings
by davidshactman@gmail.com | Feb 6, 2026 | My Writings
MENTAL DENTAL by David Shactman The odor. I can’t describe it, but every dentist office has that same antiseptic smell. One sniff and my muscles tense and the old anxiety returns. Automatically, I flash back, and I am eight years old and getting a cavity filled for...
by davidshactman@gmail.com | Dec 21, 2025 | My Writings
Choosing The Proper Wine For Your Holiday Mood Some people try to swallow pills To cheer them up or cure their ills While some resort to eating food When ere they want to change their mood When I am feeling down and dead I’ll pour myself a little red And when...
by davidshactman@gmail.com | Oct 8, 2025 | My Writings
Leaf Blowers (Blowers versus Suckers) by David Shactman I jolt! awakened from my dream in heaven. Could it have been a seven-forty-seven? At six a.m. I’m startled to my core. But soon I realize as my heart beats slower The noise is just another loud leaf blower...
by davidshactman@gmail.com | Jun 24, 2025 | My Writings
Poetry For Thee? by David Shactman Do you know people just like me, who can’t decipher poetry? Who read some verse and want to shout, “Now what the hell was that about?” Take New Yorker or Atlantic. All their verse is so pedantic. Would their art be that less pure, if...
