Tag: revenge

Beef Everywhere

There is simply too much beef. Beef is expensive.Beef is everywhere.And apparently, everyone has beef with everyone else. There is even a television show called Beef, which is essentially an extended meditation on what happens when two people cannot let a grudge go. We have become remarkably committed […]

The Bitters of Moving On

Sometimes moving on feels less like healingand more like drinking something you really, really don’t want to drink. When you’ve been wronged,there are bitters. A strong aftertaste.A little bitterness on the tongue.A memory that keeps reminding you: Oh yes. That happened. And then there is the perfectly human […]

The sheep’s roar

Quiet and whimpering Shaved and used A mind abused But watch out The little sheep seems predictable But don’t say we didn’t warn you about the indictable We can only guess what’s coming next for it won’t be explicable Not a fool for spool It’s searching for the […]

There goes the lightning

A flash of insight into the world. A flash of inspiration tickling her toes. It was an awesome feeling that she couldn’t tuck away. She didn’t want to. But she knew she had to. Everything had to be held close to the vest. Not a single ounce of […]