I was roadkill Left to rot I was roadkill Then I was not I was disconnected from life Others ignoring the lifeless bodies on the roads I was destined for more But then I was roadkill Rumble strips and salt licks No refuge or shelter I was roadkill Left […]
The bakery called to her after her strenuous morning workout. She went to have coffee surrounded by others so that she wouldn’t cry causing the heavily-sugared coffee to bubble. She sat with her croissant and latte dreaming of what was next. Around-the-world sailing? She couldn’t swim, though. […]
There is an an old piece of weather folklore that notes “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailor’s warning”. Red sky at morning is said to signal rain.” But what about red rain? I have always loved the Peter Gabriel song of Red Rain. It is […]
I have arrived at an unnamed road or so my GPS has told me I laugh, I sigh, I nod I have arrived at an unmarked road or so I argue with my crusty old map I frown, I bite, I agree I have arrived at a closed […]
Thelma and Louise had nothing on them. Sure a meek housewife and a rowdy waitress, on a short fishing trip that ends up in the car jump of a lifetime could be seen as a dynamic duo. But Jack and John two world kids brought up in a […]
Every night, after hours of burrowing herself in the library hoping for a better life, she would cut through the cemetery. Her mom repeatedly warned her that one day the evil spirits would hijack her backpack and take hold of her soul if she kept walking that path. However, […]
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 […]
Broken mirrors you feared Supposed seven years of bad luck Born with shards for a life path No escaping the mirrored fate Despite the shards, you lived Despite the shards, you gave Broken mirrors, fractured self Saw a monster watching in the dark didn’t run but didn’t stare […]
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