Are you still counting all the times
when I wasn’t quite myself?
Caught in a maze within my mind.
Trying to afford the top shelf.
Life.
An old brick corner apartment
holds truths no one else knows.
You especially like to call them holes,
gaps in a story you decide to tell.
The space between.
Can’t hold your breath long enough
to notice that I’m unaffected.
There’s a calm found beyond the storm,
sailing in the wind as I expected.
And everything after.
Chris Madsen is a former Scout Sniper and US Army Veteran. You can find more of his writing here.
What’s happening at VetRep…
Listen to our interview this week with Scott Cottrell on the Savage Wonder Podcast.
VetRep is thrilled to present “God of Carnage” by Yazmina Reza for the month of September. A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.
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We are currently offering multiple dates for our online and in-person Playwriting for Veterans classes, and our Acting for Beginners class is now being offered weekly every Saturday from 10am-12pm. Scholarships for qualifying veterans, as well as multi-class passes are available. Registration details can be found here.