Gerard DiLeo
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Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!
Make me rich! https://www.amazon.com/Gerard-DiLeo/e/B00JE6LL2W/
My substrack at https://substack.com/@drdileo
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Codependent Clauses. Honorable Mention in Somewhere Between Here and There Challenge. Top Story - July 2025.
From here to there, the subject and verb Seek to complete an action in thought Of object, direct, or nothing disturbed The commas will rule when festooning what's wrought
By Gerard DiLeo6 months ago in Poets
Paingod
After I had my staging surgery for my suspected lymphoma, in the recovery area I asked the anesthetist about how my depth of anesthesia was monitored. I was concerned because I remember awakening during the procedure. It wasn't painful, despite my abdomen being open, but I do remember the OR personnel talking.
By Gerard DiLeo7 months ago in Fiction
Notice
Sir(e): Allow me to introduce myself, which invokes a great irony: that someone you hired yourself and then continuously employed for eight years should need no introduction. One would think. In fact, my name should go without saying. And to that, you remain self-honest in that you don't remember, let alone say, my name. So I put my thoughts herein, in writing.
By Gerard DiLeo8 months ago in Journal
My Address to the Graduates at the University of Phoenix Commencement
Chancellor, faculty, parents, loved ones, and virtual students: Thank you for inviting me to be your commencement speaker at your esteemed university's graduation convocation. Imagine my surprise and delight when I learned online about my honored invitation. At first I didn't even know about it, but then I checked my spam bin.
By Gerard DiLeo8 months ago in Writers
