Anything (a short story)

Anything (a short story)

We were each to come separately. We had to be smart. Cautious. Cover our tracks. Travel as far as the money would take us. Away from the horrors of the past. The location was perfect, a tourist’s seventh heaven—presently cloaked in the kind of night...
A New Year for Keeping Promises

A New Year for Keeping Promises

We’ve all got history. Some we honor with nostalgic fondness. Some we barely remember. Some we only fess up to after liberal helpings of liquid encouragement plunge us into bouts of facepalm retrospect, leaving us with that one gnawing question… What the...
The L-Bomb Drop

The L-Bomb Drop

I LOVE YOU. It’s a phrase we adore saying when we feel it, but have you ever uttered it in haste? Or worse, to the tune of a nonresponse? If so, then read on… Let’s imagine you’re in a relationship with a guy whose name you’ve doodled in the margins of...
For Me (a poem)

For Me (a poem)

Write me In bold-stroked Sharpie fashion Cradle me Like you do your leather-bound literature Feed me Your compliments judiciously Bring me Faith in longevity Give me As good as you get Play me From lullaby to lyrical bite Make me A song that will save your life Render...
Recollection (a poem)

Recollection (a poem)

I recall The pain Fluid In its persistence Stalking My mobility Diluting My vitality A humid shadow Of looming Consuming Endurance Oozing under footfalls Permeating soles Slogging north ‘Til all I could taste Was grit And disillusion   I recall  The tears Kept...

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