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Kyle Decker (author)
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Kyle Decker is a Chicago-based author, educator, and punk vocalist. He slips in poetry from time to time.

Best known for his punk-noir novel: This Rancid Mill

www.kyledeckerauthor.com

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I want to try this
All posts senryū or haiku
Just for attention
I'm taking a break
From all social media
Alive and living
September 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
There would be some signs
If I won the lottery
But no sign of me
September 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I don't even know
Everyone is performing
And are bad at it
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If time is not real,
why can it not move slower
when I'm having fun?
August 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Light clouds but sunny.
Finally! Some nice weather.
Just in time for school.
August 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
First day with students.
A hard rain fell off and on.
The countdown begins.
August 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Teachers back at work
There were full days of training
No time for the job
August 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Waking up early
So I can get used to it
Wehn the school year starts
August 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
stuck between wanting
to be more involved and to
detach completely
August 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
All of my problems
Could be solved by more money
Or a meteor
August 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's either too hot
Raining like a damn monsoon
Or unhealthy air
August 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
First I was laid off
Then stuck as a part timer
Now I am full time
July 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
One night in July
a longtime favorite band
played their last show here.
July 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Work crushes souls.
Looking for work does as well.
So does not working.
July 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I used to like crowds.
To be where the action was.
Now I'm like, "fuck that."
July 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Doing job interviews
For the first time in five years?
Like dating again.
June 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Not being lazy
I've been on a vacation
From everything
June 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Got "laid off" this week.
This might be good. I felt stuck.
Better to feel lost.
June 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
They say no good deed
goes without a punishment.
Time for a spanking.
June 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Final exams done
All of my grades are entered
Babysitting now
June 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A three-hour meeting
For voting on the budget
Local school council
May 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
They say my job's cut
Then they say they have saved it
Every fucking year
May 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I started daily
Now it's closer to weekly
Well, that's life I guess
May 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The weather report:
A dust storm in Chicago.
My eyes and throat hurt.
May 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
New coffee machine
Expensive but it's worth it
What was I drinking?
May 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM