It’s just another manic monday. The sun is rising and a storm is coming. She could feel it in her bones that needed extreme mending and tending. But how could she be fixed if she can’t even stand tall and demand what is due to her? She […]
Oops. These days we are all photographers. We have our cell phones that at times take way better pictures than the old cameras of yore (you know the ones that came out a few years back). At times we carefully set up our pictures and at other […]
It was dead and gone for we’ve “been travelin’ on this road too long“. He climbed the stairs licking his rum-filled tiki mug leaving the rooms behind. He put down the worn-out, tattered puppet. Besides the puppet his DNA resided nowhere anymore. He had built up the place to the point […]
She sat quietly looking at the photograph displayed in the local cafe. She always came in and order her shwarma platter with the spicy green sauce. No kebabs served here and they made sure to tell you that in bold letters on the storefront window. They wanted […]
Christmas in Los Angeles is something I have thought of in the past as a vacation or as something that I have seen as a quirky occurrence on television shows such as 90210 or Melrose Place. I had no idea last year when I was celebrating Christmas in […]
Am I spooked? Do I know who you are? Do you want to know me? We are one But torn apart by the sun Moonlight intertwines us Are you just the darker side of me? Do you want to run ahead of me? Can we slow dance […]
Everyone has a secret garden even in the urban jungle. A place to go, heal the body and develop strong legs that take one far. It’s a place to run to when the demons are chasing. At the age of 12 she was ready to have […]
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” —Hal Borland As of late, Mondays have been a trip down nostalgia lane. I recall when I went away to boarding school up in Massachusetts, my south bronx sensibilities were struck by the […]
“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green“. -Francis Bacon Naive Jealous Ripe Why so green? Alive Rotted Camouflaged Why so green? Olive Emerald Jade Why so green? Fertile Gentry Paradise Why so green? “All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life […]
It was time to get lucky. She could feel it. She knew she should head to the liquor store and get a scratcher. All signs were pointing to things turning around. The doctor said her mom would recover. Her daughter’s grades had improved markedly. Sometimes things just had […]
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