The night has razor claws soused in horror. It slinked down back roads and alleys with a murderous man. “Listen,” they said “don’t go out….don’t go out alone.” He stalked the bars smiling in neon’s sordid dazzle propped himself in the backlit shadows behind restaurants then slipped into a young nurse’s apartment his sharp knife … Continue reading
Shopping with my mother I’m fifty going on nine in the produce section the green disarray of lettuces flamboyant peppers add some flair as if Matisse had been let loose there. Above our heads the industrial rafters are chirping with excitement two skittering little birds jumping gaily humming their good fortune. Nothing green can stay … Continue reading
It was gonna be a good day to ride, chumming around with Keith and Tommy. It was really just Keith and me who were good friends, but Tommy had the best truck for doing ice donuts in deserted parking lots. So even though he was a square, we let him come along for transportation reasons. … Continue reading
Part 2: Adele looked around the house. If there was gonna be a meetin’, then there had to be a cleanin’ first. “Look a there,” she said to herself, rubbing her hand across the divan. Miss Fuzz had been sneaking around and napping, and that cat knew well that the divan was off limits! That … Continue reading
Adele Louise Martin was lounging in her parlor on a 1950s green sofa that she fondly called, “the divan” that stretched out like a long chartreuse lily pad where she now wiggled her toes and tried not to think of the pesky issue with her gums. She tossed her copy of Southern Living onto the … Continue reading
I find in the middle drawer of an antique chest an envelope of postage stamps that my mother forgot she had The pink rose ones dated 1998 one Kwanzaa two Snow White and a stamp that simply boasts, “First Class” It is easy to see how forgotten things fall to the bottom of a drawer … Continue reading
In a pool of liquid gold evening melts on the horizon a feathered angel swims into the fading light amidst the soft rustle of fall leaves and the gentle flow of melodic water in beautiful torment these waves of sound strike the last golden days now behind her She cranes her head Oh, Beautiful One … Continue reading
There’s a news flash today Oh wait, in the new world order there is always breaking headlines President Trump tweeted… Elevator to the 2nd floor landing a certain familiar quiet greets the stilled entry into the sunroom where a small spider glides smoothly knitting a web hung on silver space. In the corner … Continue reading
In the tic tock moments of time distance drips from an IV as we realize the quality of permanence desperate attempts we all claw at wholeness denied by age decided by destiny rambling on until the grand finale Continue reading
Ah, April astounding us all draped in robes of beautiful cruelty snowing us with lilacs and luscious roses but taking things, once vibrant things returning them to the still earth keeping that impenetrable bar at a lofty height keeping weeping tears at bay gifted a box of ashes praying for rebirth carrying a myriad of … Continue reading
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