Seventy five lightning strikes. That is all that it took. Red always looked good on her and now it was even more striking. It was time to keep this secret quiet. There was nothing more that could be said. The evening had started well enough with a gentle […]
She dipped her feet slowly into the murky waters. Was it time to haunt the haunted or go back in? Her eyes were clouded over with her many tears. The dogs were all howling. Her mom had told her that death was coming when the dogs cried at […]
The eye sees what it wants to One headlight A creaky door opens The coyotes posed atop of the hill Wishes coat the iris The truth is hazy The screams pierce the veins The chains rattle One headlight It follows It steers The street dogs howl in unison […]
The Spoon On this day when the Sun, Earth and Moon create a rare supermoon coinciding with a total lunar eclipse, I recall with fondness my mother. I think of her singing Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart and how events like these would get her superstitions all […]
Time, time, time Breaking fast Breaking hard Time, time, time Won’t be kind to the killer of souls Breaking fast Breaking hard The eardrums ring Time, time, time Won’t be kind to the takers Ringing eardrums Rattling heart Breaking hard Time, time, time Won’t be kind to the […]
He closed his eyes and sighed Powerless to change the course I clicked my heels but didn’t disappear He went off instead into the netherworld I cried Stripped my pride There was no stride He was gentle and small The fuzziest cheese curd Nothing but love Why […]
Have you ever heard of the band “Thirty seconds to Mars”? Jared Leto has stated that the name is a reference to the fact that we’re so close to something that’s not a tangible idea. While I cannot profess to understand Jared Leto -certainly his Oscar wardrobe left […]
Starting a friendship with someone who is dying I was at a late night business meeting recently where one of my colleagues joked “I’m not your friend, am I? Right?” We all laughed but the question was pointed. See, as of late, I have made a few new […]
Robin, you are still alive I have been trying to clean up my emails for the past year. I am down to 600 or so in my personal account that are unread. I have four email accounts that I actively use to varying degrees. Every once in a […]
I Don’t Know It could be a void I could slip into nothing An emptiness could be happiness Your false being has destroyed From the beginning you have been fading Out from the blackness comes a light madness Two bits to every side A void is full A […]
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