Writing – Page 4 – James True

Ritual of the Phoenix

October 12, 2018July 23, 2019 Column, Writing 9

The Masonic ritual of the Phoenix struck ground like an asteroid on Oct 10th. The ground sunk from the punching smash of an earth-bound

The Trauma Army

October 8, 2018August 1, 2019 Column, Writing 2

She showed her resistance by carving Trump’s name in her skin. She took a picture and posted it on Instagram. She was rewarded for

Abortion comes with Flowers

October 8, 2018August 1, 2019 Column, Writing 5

‪We send flowers after a miscarriage. We send nothing after an abortion. Only one of these actions is congruent with our empathic nature. Both

American Rapture

October 7, 2018February 20, 2019 Column, Writing 1

We are experiencing an American Rapture. It’s no longer accurate to pretend this is about Democrat or Republican. Both parties have failed on purpose.

I Married an Alter

October 5, 2018August 1, 2019 Column, Writing 9

This is officially me spilling the beans. If I knew then what I know now, I might still be with her. I might have

A Dinner for Saturn

October 4, 2018April 16, 2019 Column, Writing 11

Inside the stone castle there was a large dining hall. In the center sat a large square black onyx cube. A round table of

The Credibility of Silence

September 28, 2018March 27, 2019 Column, Writing 5

The difference between telepathy and empathy is nothing. We are hairy sweaty dolphins with kneecaps navigating the world with emotional sonar. Dolphins experience sound

Daniel Lee the Psychopath

September 26, 2018October 8, 2018 Column, Writing 19

Yesterday, I attacked a man on Twitter. I dehumanized a human by declaring him a psychopath. I even declared myself an expert on his

The Spell of Six Dragons

September 18, 2018November 2, 2019 Column, Writing 0

James True is a writer and artist from the High Country of Southern Appalachia. This autobiography is a collection of literature and poems inspired

The Psyop of Relativity

September 16, 2018October 14, 2018 Column, Writing 3

The whistle blows and your heart starts pounding as you sprint down the dusty straight line of white chalk on dirt. You round third

The Psychology of Big Bang

September 15, 2018March 29, 2019 Column, Writing 2

Big Bang is the only theory taught in school. It is the only opinion introduced or ever presented. It seems to be a form

The Reptilian Space Pope

September 13, 2018December 23, 2018 Column, Writing 6

If I were a psychopathic cabal with $21 trillion dollars, I would probably build a reptilian space pope. I’d splice the genes of a

The Gnosis of Truth

September 12, 2018June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 4

If you can see the hunter in this photo you are using the power of gnosis to find him. Finding him requires an understanding

The Religion of Barack Obama

September 12, 2018June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 2

I read another article today about the blinding genius of Barack Obama. In a video of his speech, I watched him stretch oratory pauses

The Excalibur of 9/11

September 10, 2018September 9, 2019 Column, Writing 5

Lyra was seven. It was lunchtime on a Friday and a sunny day for November 22nd. Her father was speaking to the manager in

The Vanderbilt Alters

August 31, 2018August 1, 2019 Column, Writing 32

My dog Butter is mostly an Australian Shepherd. Years ago, I was visiting a farm in Tennessee. It was getting late and he broke

Trauma Programming

August 30, 2018August 1, 2019 Column, Writing 3

Trauma programming is a two-step process. Step one induces shock. Step two induces programming. When you freeze a mind in terror, its receptors become

The Eugenics of LGBT

August 28, 2018June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 4

What’s the difference between saying “I am gay” and being in a genital cult? Seriously, I can’t tell the difference. In this column, I

Savage Gulf

August 26, 2018September 1, 2018 Column, Writing 0

I am not “woke.” Woke is something that already happened. Life is a living jaguar. The jaguar is a smart hunter. He steals your

My Fellow Southerners

August 23, 2018August 29, 2018 Column, Writing 1

My Fellow Southerners, The South finds ourselves held hostage by an emotional cult of believers claiming to be atheists. They have descended on our

A New Media

August 17, 2018February 5, 2019 Column, Writing 0

The news reported, “Millennial Couple Bikes Near ISIS Territory to Prove ‘Humans Are Kind’ and Gets Killed.” All over the internet I watch people

The Satanic Ritual of 9/11

August 9, 2018December 30, 2019 Column, Writing 17

The roots of Sidley Austin LLP sprouted as the Civil War was closing. Two men hijacked the insurance industry in a single year from the

Queen Lady Gaga

August 3, 2018February 19, 2019 Column, Writing 14

This is part two from The Anatomy of Satanism in Hollywood. Rest in peace Zombie Boy. Gaga loved you because you were willing to peel

The Anatomy of Satanism in Hollywood

July 30, 2018February 19, 2019 Column, Writing 49

I must admit I did not see this article’s title coming. But lately, Hollywood has been burning and satanists are running out from the

American Racism

July 20, 2018June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 2

Does anyone else find it bizarro to hear a black former US president elected by a majority of non-black voters scolding his own country

CDC Drowning Virus

April 13, 2018October 3, 2019 Column, Writing 1

What happened to CDC employee and Team Lead of Population Health, Dr. Timothy J. Cunningham? His body was found along the muddy banks of

My First Alien

March 16, 2018September 3, 2018 Column, Writing 0

Last night I had dinner with an optical engineer who was explaining the merits of molecular tweezers. He was strumming on about lasers and

The Panda Virus

February 22, 2018July 23, 2019 Column, Writing 0

This is the face of a panda, Nikolas Cruz. He has been psychotically split/broken. He heard demon voices in his head and what made

Right to Bear Drugs

February 18, 2018January 5, 2019 Column, Writing 4

Preface. I have zero medical/pharmacological training. I am officially, “not an expert.” In 1995, I was working at a wilderness camp outside of Centerville,

Blood Addiction

February 15, 2018February 26, 2019 Column, Writing 1

He sat upright like an emperor in a square chair made of wood. Each hand rested on each knee like a capstone. His eyes

A Clan of One

February 11, 2018January 5, 2019 Column, Writing 0

Soft cults are the hardest to escape from. They exercise conformity through subtle peer pressure. We pick them up like peppermints at a restaurant.

Jealousy

January 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Writing 0

Earth: You came back! Oh how I missed you. Sun: I know, I’m sorry it took so long. Earth: Well, did you miss me?

Make Cake Great Again

January 27, 2018August 28, 2018 Writing 0

1843 – “Let them eat cake.” – The working class labeling the ruling class apathetic. 2012 – “You didn’t make that cake.” – A

The Orion Nebulous

January 27, 2018January 5, 2019 Column, Writing 0

The first recorded practice of genital mutilations comes from Land of Khemit. Circumcision was a right of passage in ancient Egypt as late as

The Cult of Equality

August 30, 2017June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 0

Equity is a religion its followers can’t see. If you believe in equality, you are an egalitarian. If you had a motto, it would

Shaming and the Civil War

August 23, 2017August 28, 2018 Column, Writing 0

Do you know a veteran serving in the military? Just think, in 150 years we are going to call half of them ‘Nazi’ while

The Hive of Antifa

August 20, 2017June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 1

Brim opened his rucksack and pulled out five walkie-talkies. They were made of hard rubber and colored bright yellow. The yellow had been painted

White Male Identity Crisis

August 16, 2017June 8, 2019 Column, Writing 1

The word prejudice is not evil. Prejudice chooses a lane in traffic. It puts on two matching socks and grabs an avocado over a

A true story of socialized medicine

May 5, 2017August 17, 2018 Writing 2

I had a Navy dentist perform my first cavity filling in 1993. My experience in the VA was considered “top-notch.” The guy was younger

Agnes, the Wise Wife of Keith

January 16, 2017January 5, 2019 Column, Writing 0

On this day, Agnes Sampson, the Wise Wife of Keith awoke in the beautiful cobblestone town of Castlehill, Scotland. Agnes had been chained to

The Babel Virus

December 12, 2016October 18, 2019 Column, Writing 2

What if we discovered that language was a virus installed in your head? Imagine your mind inoculated from the curse of comprehension. What would

My First Dogma

December 8, 2016September 17, 2018 Column, Writing 1

I have had the pleasure of several indoctrinations in my life. The first one was the time I became a Christian. I was introduced

Patriarchy

December 4, 2016September 17, 2018 Column, Writing 6

A few weeks ago I found myself defending some statements on my perspective as a man. I was defending this position to a woman.

Blueprint for Mind Control

November 23, 2016October 25, 2018 Column, Writing 3

Choose method of emotional control: Religion Race Gender Proclivity Emotional Army I, state your name, now proclaim that I am a [cultural deviant noun].

Love Trumps Nothing

November 20, 2016April 12, 2019 Column, Writing 2

Are you buying the election hate? It’s definitely a buyer’s market. I saw a post-election rally/protest in my hometown that was a cornucopia of

Vampires in Chickamauga

November 12, 2016August 31, 2018 Column, Writing 0

I am a recovering racist. I’d like to outline how I became one. I first need to say that I am convinced I became a

Fork in the Eye

May 20, 2016September 17, 2018 Column, Writing 3

‘Fork in the Eye’ is a brand new cutting-edge exotic ultra high-definition holographic wireless immersion technology. It offers users an experience that is truly felt by

When knees fall

July 23, 2011August 28, 2018 Poetry, Writing 1

When knees touch ground, the sacred seem to listen. Knees do not bend in trivia. Like a page folded from our story. Knees mark

Fall Creek Thaw 15k RR

March 6, 2011June 2, 2023 Column, Writing 0

(Mar 6, 2011) My first 15k. Heck my first time running longer than 7 miles! Saturday, drove to Pikeville TN and ran in the

Hands-free

December 15, 2010August 28, 2018 Poetry, Writing 1

With hands free my words can drip from this pen. From the peak of a mountain of consonants I can vowel at the moon.

Christmas Parade

March 18, 2010August 28, 2018 Poetry, Writing 1

I have a box of snapshots taken from a Christmas parade. Glossy smiles I caught perching on a horse and buggy. Groundhog people rose

Rib’s cage

March 18, 2010August 28, 2018 Poetry, Writing 1

There you pine, jailed in that ribcage. The little plastic army men are keeping you at bay. Turnstiles click at each year’s passing. Neon

Up, up and away

May 31, 2009August 28, 2018 Writing 2

Last night my head leaped out from a car window. The wind inflated my cheeks like a parachute. My eyeballs turned sticky from the

Clouds come crashing

May 6, 2009August 28, 2018 Writing 4

And clouds did come crashing The flight of fluff fell under the weather Surely the heavens did grumble But earth stood still in her

Spackle

April 19, 2009September 12, 2018 Writing 0

In this toon a bored saint sits at a desk with an empty inbox staring at the phone and wishing he had something to

Tulip’s kiss

April 17, 2009August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 4

In the dawn I lay to kiss this tulip. I admit we’ve flirted now for days. Its face is cloistered in a tall green

Hey life

February 25, 2009August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 3

Life. Do you hear that stomping? My giant was asleep for so many years you forgot his potential. I urge you make preparations. He

Your skin is my music

February 9, 2009January 24, 2019 Writing 5

Your skin is my music I listen to it unfold The rapture of tiny electricity You are circuit to my battery Your heart, beats

Solitude

January 8, 2009August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 2

The court of public opinion had finally left the building. Minivans were packed full again and headed away. Trashcans jammed with confetti waited on

Loyalty’s Conviction

December 13, 2008August 31, 2018 Fiction, Writing 4

That love was a tempest. So deeply chemical. Molecular. Some pages I just can’t turn. Or at least it sure seems so. It’s like

When grass giggled

November 28, 2008August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 5

Simplicity came rolling down the hill yesterday for the third time. He plodded his way back to the top through a carpet of earthly

Snows trumpet

October 28, 2008January 23, 2019 Poetry, Writing 5

Can you hear the snow’s quiet trumpet? Its silent song serenading the gray. Cold flakes falling in the ballroom of winter. Gravity tickles lose

Memory’s tower

October 27, 2008January 22, 2019 Poetry, Writing 3

Oh memory’s tower, how long overdue is this inspection. Today, I behold thee, my monument to passing. You are my stronghold, my bastion of

Time’s big mouth

October 24, 2008August 28, 2018 Fiction, Writing 3

Time has a big mouth. You can see its crusty molars and old shiny fillings. Time flaps a tongue with bumps as big as

To Start all over (lyrics)

August 19, 1996August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

Who shut the door Who wouldn’t knock Who made this rope Who tied this knot Who placed the call Who never showed Who towed

Catch my drift (lyrics)

August 19, 1996August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

If I cut you loose will you set me free This can’t be the way love’s supposed to be If I loose my crutch

Ballad of a rooster (lyrics)

August 19, 1996August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

If the sun refuses to rise My old friend rooster will die I’ll be seeing him as soon as I am at The place

The Sound of a voice (lyrics)

August 19, 1996January 25, 2019 Lyrics, Writing 0

Words like smoke in a lazy room Sheets of gray and silver gloom Into my ears please ring your tune The sound of a

Oh, no, no, no (lyrics)

August 19, 1996August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

Here comes psychologist. Dressed in his white coat. Oh no, no, no. Don’t take me. Here comes professor. Pushing his thick book. Oh no,

Dawn (lyrics)

August 19, 1995August 28, 2018 Lyrics, Writing 0

Grey and green, not black and white The heart turns stone if you hold it tight I watch the dawn put her sky to