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Uniformed Women

Uniformed women…how terrible.
All dressed the same, all doing the same thing.
All smiling the same, saying the same things.
Are they real?

J. A. Decker, Jr.

Poems

A.D. Howard’s Bicentennial Tribute
Candy
China Wuhan Virus – 2020
Controlled Photons or Electrons
Dawn
Dusk on a Jet
Four Seconds To Go
It Rained Today
It’s Only Rain
Me and My Shadow
Mississippi River Flood 1973
My friends, the Silverfish
Our God
Reflections on Time
She’s Lost
Ships of White
So Far Away…Mother!!!
The Dying Grass…
The Edge of the Liquid Space
The Militias
The Noonie Moon
The Owl
The Rainy Nights of June
The Statue
The Story of Lee
Twin Towers (WTC)
Uniformed Women
Veins on the Earth
Watergate
Wings

Books

Short Story Series Book 1

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In The Collectors, four friends go on a weekend outing to the desert with their metal detectors to hunt for artifacts. The tables are turned when they become the hunted and friendships, loyalties, and their personal safety is tested to the limit. The Glow depicts an advanced society constantly being vigilant to a plague, that if detected, threatens their very existence and must be dealt with. The Stop Sign has a young salesman traveling from California to Texas through the southwest deserts to see his fiance and encounters some unexpected events. Not a believer in UFO’s or in the paranormal, he arrives a changed man and with a new respect for the unknown.

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Short Story Series Book 2

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The Poster recounts the daily life struggles to survive of three orphaned young Mexican boys living in a border town. Being at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, they are the forgotten ones but who seek a better life and who try to earn enough money to buy tickets to the bullfights which are held at the bullring every Sunday during the summer season. Two waring colonies in The Battle fight for their survival and deal with unknown events that drastically reduce their numbers which are needed to defend their young and to continue their existence. Shootout at Chacon Creek (Circa 1958) describes an actual BB gun battle at a creek between two gangs of young boys. Caught in the open and at the bottom of the creek, one group finds a way to deal with and save themselves from a dangerous situation while at the same time, learning a valuable life lesson from the fight.

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About Joseph Decker

Joseph Decker, a native of Laredo, Texas, is an author of short stories, poetry and novels. A graduate of Texas A&M University, he has worked in the technology industry, owned an engineering firm and now directs business owners for a major university. He continues to write fiction and share his thoughts on a wide range of topics — from historical to the paranormal — here at www.joseph-decker.com

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