Venturing out eastward Crossing the state line back along highways bordered by swamps I wander through southern, salty mists along rows of former plantations harboring the past like the sad ghost caretakers who live there now heat fuels humidity like steam through a boiler mosquitoes big as helicopters At a roadside cafe fish and gator … Continue reading
Oh that calm sea the cliffs of England near distant perpetual lull of incoming tides sand and pebbles dance if you listen you can hear that eternal note of sadness coming eventide In this vast, northern sea emanating in shadowy depths below that which Sophocles knew the bane of human misery washed from The Sea … Continue reading
Old letters sometimes fall out as if sifted from the center of time itself words stare back from slanted sentences uttered by strangers from afar sitting solo silently listening to hear faint sounds from a phantom voice those words evoke an evolution of memories that transgressed before tidal waves of anguish washed over broken promises … Continue reading
“O WHAT can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing. “O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms! So haggard and so woe-begone? The squirrel’s granary is full, And the harvest’s done. “I see a lily on thy brow With anguish moist and fever-dew. And on … Continue reading
I didn’t mean to get this close to the water, but I did. I didn’t mean to go out that near to the edge, against your wishes, but here I am now, at the bottom of the lake. It’s all my fault or maybe my destiny to miss graduation, growing older and life in general. … Continue reading
Old woman look at you, sitting there with your hooded eyes. Planning your next foray of greed, ill gotten goods you won by subterfuge. Body now bent in evil despair, born in the light but you fell quickly into the shadows. You kissed the ring of the dark one, now you are a destroyer of … Continue reading
Bonnie set the muffins and drinks on the table for Mr. Lucas. “Thank you so much, Bonnie,” he had acknowledged her presence. “You’re so welcome,” Bonnie smiled back. Wonder if Mr. Lucas was ever gonna pack his things and leave that chubby wife of his? Just out of the blue, leave her stuck with that … Continue reading
Bonnie looked up to see a frantic secretary approaching. “Bonnie, did you see the meeting notice I put on your board?” asked Mr. Lucas’ secretary. “No dear, I just got back in here from the south conference room, you say a meeting for Mr. Lucas?” “Yes, it starts in ten minutes,” the secretary answered. “Okay, … Continue reading
Bonnie Jean hurried up one flight of stairs to the coffee bar on the nineteenth floor. It was 7:30 in the morning and her feet ached. It was a cloudy, threatening morning at work in the law office where she held the position of kitchen attendant for the past ten years. Bonnie was angry today. … Continue reading
/a> Out of the cold, arid darkness you came A man from the Land of the Sun and took my hand… In the black, bottomless darkness murky ocean of fathomless disasters The man from the Land of the Sun brought light Plunging headlong in cold, bitter darkness in a morning of frozen air blinded by … Continue reading
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