I am a writer, and I am going to write

T. Mark Mangum
3 min readSep 15, 2024

I swear it by the old gods and the new.

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Good day my friends. Here I am again on Medium. Today I am here to write. I am not sure really what I want to write about. What I do know is I claim to be a writer but for some reason for about a year not I have written “DAMNED NEAR NOTHIN!” So I told myself this morning;

“Dude.” Me1

“Yes.” Me2

“WTF!” Me1

“Well, I’m not sure. Why dose anyone do or not do the things they do or don’t do?” Me2

“Dumb ass, stop thinking about stupid shit like that and do what you want to do.”Me1

“I guess that is the problem by brother, I don’t know what I want to do.”Me2

“Juses Christ, WTF. Do you know what you don’t want to do? I mean of the things you do every day what do you do because you think you have to do them but would probably not do, ifin ya had a choice?”Me1

“At this moment the only thing I do that I know I wouldn’t do if I had a choice, is go to work.” Me2

“So why do you do it?”Me1

“I got bills to pay, I like money, I want to be able travel and stuff, all those things take money. I mean hell, the only reason I got he COVID Vaccine is so I wouldn’t lose my job. I mean, I really like money…

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T. Mark Mangum

For the serious reader. Short, compelling fiction for the serious reader. I use Imagination, wonder, and surprise to create my tales. Please Enjoy reading them.