Ironies Volume 1

Cam Rascoe

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The master of the short story and literary champion Cam Rascoe returns with a work of ironic truncated tales, offering readers an array of essays, stories and poems that edify and enrich the spirit. Faithful fans of the Writings of Rascoe are taken on a sometimes jarring journey of probing prose offering intriguing insight into the human existence that nourish the soul. Rascoe navigates natural narratives in his readily relatable curious characters. Sustained suspense, controlled chaos and love lessons articulated with an ironic twist and incongruous tone are experienced in this powerful composition of literature. Ironies, an intriguing, entertaining and educationally instructive work of art for the masses.

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• Fiction

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• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 09 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669842170
• Langue: English

Extrait

IRONIES
Volume 1
 
 
 
 
Truncated Tales of Irony Formed in the Creative Mind of
CAM RASCOE
 
 
Copyright © 2022 by Cam Rascoe.
 
ISBN:
Softcover
978-1-6698-4218-7

eBook
978-1-6698-4217-0
 
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
 
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
 
Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.
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Rev. date: 08/09/2022
 
 
 
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CONTENTS
About A Girl
Addicted to Chaos!
Age Appropriate
Aimlessly Ailing Allen Julius
All Apologies
All Because of… HIM
Ambiguous Accent
American Ingenuity
Arthur, Author
Artistic Oasis
Asking for a Candy Bar and Receiving the Whole Candy Store
August 3 rd 1999
Bad Guy Banter
Beating Out The Love
Bee Story
(Black Bigotry) Ignorance of Iesha
Black Sheep Boy One Man’s Trash, Another Man’s Treasure
Blue Sirens
Body Builder
Boo Hoo Pitching Woo
Boonie Baby
Bout With Gout
Boy
Breaking A Girl
Burned Out Right Tail Light
Can I Be Great Too?
Celibate Matrimony
Cell Block C (Unknown Poet)
Charlatan Chump Chad
Compassion For Candy
Complicit
Contender
Courageous Coward
Cry No More
Crying and Consoling
Cunningly Confused Constable
Cycle of Hurt
Daddy’s Done!
Day at The Ball Park
Deacons’ Demons
Disrespecting The Oh Too Often Disrespected
Divine Directions
Dolly
Emailed Into Eternity
Empathy
Enduring A Storm of Tears
Enjoy the Joy
Every Direction But Mine
Every Time She Goes Away
Fiasco at Franks
God’s Ugly Little Creatures
Greasy Tony
Greasy Tony Great Fame Masking Inner Pain
Grooming Since Grade School
Gym Nut
Had Winners Had Winters
Hard Head… Soft Behind
Hatred Hastened by Haplessness
Hero Worship
Hijacking the Flag
Hypocritically Hypercritical
Inches And Feet
Invasion? Invader?
Invisible Man
Jill’s Thrill
Job Offer Refused
Keeping Curious Company
King with no Kingdom
Locks Of Gold?
Lost In Our Own Housing
Love Opportunity Wasted
Loves Lost
Loving Lustful Ladies
Lure
Luxury Of Youth
Lying Share
Mama’s House Dress
Master of a Dying Art
Master Sculptor
Maximizing My Mania
Memories of Marie
Misdemeanor Turned Manslaughter
More Than a Woman
Mourning Marital Mistakes
Mudd Butt
My Dark Friend Returns
My Hands are Up and I can’t Breathe
My Humbling My Truth
My Night Job
“I believe in HIM therefore, I believe in me.”
The Lord has Blessed each of us with different talents and abilities. To doubt what you can do with them is to doubt HIM. BE thankful for the gifts HE’s Blessed you with and do all that you can with them. But remember, those gifts are to be used for HIS purpose not ours.
Cam Rascoe
“For me, writing is like breathing, something I must do to live; for I know my calling and purpose in this place.”
Cam Rascoe
Dedication: Mark Gallarelli
 
 
Sometimes in life we find motivation and encouragement in the strangest of places or from the people we expect it from the least. Enthusiastically I acknowledge a man who showed me support and heartened my efforts in completing this literary lesson. Mark I want to thank you Brother for encouraging my works and supporting my art, offering insight and inspiration along the way for no other reason than to be kind. We were not peers, colleagues or even casual acquaintances. Our relationship was bar guest and server yet you saw something more in me than just a guy working a part time job to help keep his six kids in cleats. You saw the true Cam Rascoe through our conversations, the artist, the author and entertainer. God Bless the Gallarelli family, your beautiful bride Valarie, awesome son and daughter Cory and Amanda. I just wanted to share this example with the world of how much taking an interest or offering a few sincere words of encouragement can do to help fuel a dream. Mark Gallarelli I will forever be grateful to you for what you’ve offered me my friend, hope.
Cam Rascoe
i·ro·ny
[ˈīrənē]
NOUN
irony (noun) · ironies (plural noun) · dramatic irony (noun) · tragic irony (plural noun)
1. the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect:
““Don’t go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony”
synonyms:
sarcasm · sardonicism · dryness · causticity · sharpness · acerbity · acid · bitterness · trenchancy · mordancy · cynicism · mockery · satire · ridicule · derision · scorn · sneering · wryness · backhandedness
antonyms:
sincerity
• a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result:
“the irony is that I thought he could help me” · “one of life’s little ironies”
synonyms:
paradox · paradoxical nature · incongruity · incongruousness · peculiarity
antonyms:
logic
• a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character
• Life is one huge irony in which we all sometimes stumble through blindly. Our destinations in this life often offer us detours on the journey to reach them. Sometimes a detour provides us a pit stop where we may refuel and maintenance before continuing our quest. Other times that lay over becomes the destination. For it was where we were always intended to be and the original desired destination’s only purpose was to land us here. Irony
About A Girl
An easy friend is what you simply were to me, always with an ear the lend. You certainly fit the shoe but unfortunately for you, you never had a clue. Never did you mind the bad habits that I had to serve. Your kindness I took advantage of while hanging out to dry. Enamored with my creation you were. The artist in me had your heart but I could never love you or another more than I loved my vice. It was no longer just a vice it now consumed my life. While with you I ate, bathed and gained strength to go out and do it all over again. You never judged or condemned me. But you also understood I couldn’t see you every night… free.
After being out in the wilderness or concrete jungle for a while I would come back veins filled with vice, heart weary, body fatigued. I’d be standing on your line. I do hope you have the time. To me you’ll always be no more than number two but when in need I’d keep a date with you. Again I’ll take advantage while, you hang me out to dry but I can’t see you every night… free.
Whenever I returned you welcomed me with open arms and a warm embrace. From one baby to another it would seem that I’m lucky I met you. You, always the willing victim didn’t mind if my only duty was to completely drain you.
You just yearned for that passionate kiss from my mouth to yours, I like you. I’ll never love you because I couldn’t love myself but I could love myself better than you. You know it’s true so what should I do? When I’m through with you it’s like I’m high up on a plane; I can’t complain.
When you are no longer able to satisfy my needs I must bid you a due. Never will I burden my mind with memories of you. Once were you a person of purpose to me when I was in need of a warm bed and a hot meal. Service you I did as payment for my nourishment and lodging. Tears you shed after I fled but your hurt was of no consequence to me. The respect you lacked, for yourself made it easier for me to flee because if you can’t love yourself better than this; how can you ever be loved by me?
About A Girl
Addicted to Chaos!
“Get y’all bad asses in this house and shut up all that damn noise in there! I’m sorry Miss Mary, I appreciate you bringin’ the boys home for me. They’re always into somethin’, wit they bad asses. I don’t know why these kids is so damn bad or where they get it from. I need ta whip they asses more.”
Tamara took a drag off of her Newport and blew the smoke in the air out over Miss Mary’s head. She stepped out onto the porch and took a seat in one of the plastic chairs next to Miss Mary.
“Please Miss Mary take a seat.”
“Thank you, but I can’t stay long; I got some neck bones in a pot on low. It’s about time to add my beans. I usually make my butter beans with a left over ham bone and scraps or some ham hock but I decided to make ’em with neck bones this time. I ain’t done that in years.”
“You sure can cook Miss Mary.”
“Well thank you sugar. I’ll bring you down a bowl when it’s done.”
Tamara threw her cigarette butt to the concrete porch and stomped it out. Then she sighed hard, looked to her older, wiser neighbor and asked a simple question.
“How you do it Miss Mar