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The Birthday
May wakes up with a start. She squeezes her eyelids shut again, crunches the grey sheet between her legs, pushes her head into the pillow, inhales…
“Sad Nymph,” “Every Creeping Thing,” “On Man and Divinity,” and Other Poems
Sad Nymph Withered sponge dried up no fire left in those once gibbous thighs there’s a cackle almost maniacal at the thought of a lover engaging in…
The Genie
Human beings are simple, mostly. When we walk into a crowd of people, we usually never take the time to differentiate an individual from the herd.…
Community Support
Divorcee Jimmy Cartwright had just finished a day’s graft, working cash in hand for his old pal Chris. Just a bit of donkey work for his landscaping…
Self-Reflections of a Zoomer
I will not be so arrogant as to imply that within these 18 years of my life that I’ve seen everything the world has to throw my way. What’s the…
Turin Fog
The rain dripped: drip, drip, drip. The sound distracted me from watching a movie on the TV, Tinker Sailor Soldier Spy, laying on the sofa with my…
Pardon Me
join the ranks of those moved on before you it’s your turn now the table set for us all a new future awaits your arrival left to the hands of…
Beware the Owl Serpent
Every day, when he returned to his skid row hotel, Eric imagined himself returning to a huge hungry swallowing mouth. Inside, he padded through the…
6 to 6: Late
She is the color of dusty coffee. She climbs slowly in the front seat of the cab, all 92 years of her. She has to go to the doctor. “Good morning,…
Blissful Ignorance
1 January 2094, Friday HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'm glad I managed to get a new diary. I have no idea where the last one went, but at some point, I suppose I…
