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Jack Varnell

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Birthday: February 26

Bio: I am a contemporary prose poet, and writer living in the suburbs of Atlanta, Ga. Usually writing under the pseudonym "The Emotional Orphan", my first chapbook was published in June 2010, through Hello Poetry. _____________________________________ Predominantly an online writer, I am published at fictionaut, Scribd, HelloPoetry, and Undead Poets Society. Culture Sandwich, Little Episodes and Verses In Motion have featured my poetry and video treatments. See links for more. _____________________________________ EmotionalOrphan.Net is my personal writing, art and video blog. _____________________________________ Professionally, I work in Social Media and Marketing with special focus on Community Management, Client Management, and Video services.

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DECEMBER 21, 2011 1:35AM

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For Jack Varnell, the best Christmas ever consisted of him roaming the streets of Atlanta, knocking on cardboard houses, and handing out peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches.

I have to decide every year whether I hate or don’t hate the Holidays.

I have good memories and bad memories from my holiday life, but when weighed against the crass commercialism that has grown into fights over Tyler Perry DVDs in Wal-Mart, it isn’t that hard to decide. But the good ones were good, and I don’t mean the typical Santa came down the chimney last night type. When I think of Christmas in particular, I am reminded of the most impactful one I have known. It came when I was an adult. It had nothing to do with credit cards, a Norelco razor in the snow, or Polar Cola Bears.

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