March 16, 2026

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Articles by Patrick Devine

Poem

Paw Prints on my Path (February 10, 2003) poem
Song of the Coyote for the Wolf
Fan (March 24, 2003) poem
Passionate poetry.
Know (April 7, 2003) poem
Love, lust and longing in free verse.
Six Colors (April 21, 2003) poem
Passionate verse.
Always (July 7, 2003) poem
Diamond (July 21, 2003) poem
Passionate verse.
Patience (July 28, 2003) poem
Passionate verse. -- I love the way you move, like a cat with death AND sex on its mind --
Conscience (September 1, 2003) poem
Passionate verse.
Love Effects (September 22, 2003) poem
Passionate verse.
Falling and Labors Lost (September 29, 2003) poem
Two items of passionate verse.
Flash (October 13, 2003) poem
Passionate verse
Dioceres' November Rant (November 8, 2003) poem
Friend (November 22, 2003) poem
Passionate verse.
Night of the Loving Dead (November 29, 2003) poem
Passionate verse about undying love. Of the creepiest persuasion.
Love's Words (December 6, 2003) poem
Passionate verse.
You Stood Beside Me (February 28, 2004) poem
Passionate verse from the realm of fantasy.
Warning (July 10, 2004) poem
poem
Mist (October 9, 2004) poem
Poem.
Pissed at Mom (November 20, 2004) poem
Poem
Dawn (December 4, 2004) poem
Poem
Morning (December 25, 2004) poem
Poem
I was a soldier once (January 23, 2005) poem
My life is not wasted (April 24, 2005) poem rhymed
Passionate verse.
Death (October 31, 2011) poem rhymed
Passionate verse - a muse of mixed blessings. Originally appeared 2003-03-03.
Conquest (April 29, 2013) poem unrhymed
"...consign me to heaven with your touch..."
Debt (May 16, 2016) poem rhymed
A lover's song...
Ghost Queen (June 29, 2020) poem unrhymed
"You are my most excellent of addictions..."

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Patrick Devine
teech@filthypikers.com

Biography

I was baptized Catholic in an Irish Catholic family. My mother and father divorced when I was five after my father tried to shove my mother through a crack in the wall. (he was an alcoholic) My mother married in the church four years later and a year after that I started parochrial school (it was non-denominational christian not catholic)

At 17 I was confirmed in the Catholic church although I had reservations (my education flew in the face of my upbringing).

At 18 however I went on a missionary trip to Europe as Christian. God showed me three things in Europe.

1. I was wasting my time as a missionary, I was meant to be in the military.

2. What penises were for (although I'd remain a virgin for another two years).

3. And that ALL Catholics are Christians but not all Christians are Catholics.

After I returned to the states I started going to mass again and joined the United States Marine Corps.

In Dec 1991 I did an interservice transferto the US Army and I got married to a Christian and stopped going to mass.

In May 1992 my daughter was born (do the math ....!).

In 1994 I got divoriced, my second child died, my dad died, and I was in two car wrecks.

I stopped going to church altogether. In 1995 I started dating an exotic dancer who was a pagan.

In 1996 I went crazy (Bipolar Hypermanic-NOS with OCD and sociopathic symptomology ontop of PTSD) my fiance' (the dancer) left me. In 1998 after a protracted battle I was forced onto the Temporary Duty Retired List.

In 2000 after numerous hospitalizations I was forced into medical retirement.

In May 2001 I mysteriously had a stroke while driving home from a late night RP session. I drove three more miles to a phone.

I wasn't able to move, poop, or talk. I'm 80% recovered in 2004. Something weird happened though as I lay in the hospital.

I was visited by friends and family but -- this the kicker -- God's presence kept me from freaking the hell out.

Lisa Simpson once was quoted quoting someone else who said "Prayer is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

Ask those who know me as Teech, I'm a scoundrel ... but I pray.