Red Earth Review #8 July 2020

feel the rain on your skin, watch the clouds run across the stars at night, and make love on the shore where the moon is in the water.

Laugh.

Thou shalt wear your scars well.

Believe in baseball, books and beer the things most holy.

Keep your baseball glove well-oiled (a game of catch could break out at any time).

Thou shalt tip your waitress or your waiter appropriately.

Always make your momma proud.

And as someone once said, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

II. Thou Shalt Not Thou shalt not hesitate to sacrifice a bishop for your queen.

Do not speak ill of others unless they really deserve it.

Thou shalt not be offended by words; Fuck it; they’re just words, Instead, be offended by acts: cruelty, racism, sexism, injustice— these are real offenses.

Thou shalt not turn the other cheek you’ll most likely just get hit again.

Do not abide a bully in any form.

Thou shalt not pull back on your reins as your horse is leaping.

Never dance with the devil, but sometimes give his lady a quick spin.

Thou shalt not forget you’re just a man better than some worse than others; you will be right, and you will be wrong.

Don’t be foolish enough to believe rules only come in sets of ten.

Never draw to an inside straight.

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