Archive for April, 2010
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Friday, April 30th, 2010After almost three years, Arnold was still kept in the basement. He slept on cold concrete, regardless of the season. They gave him a bowl of water every morning, and scraps of food, sometimes vegetables, sometimes leftover meat, usually not much more than bread, some cereal, crackers.
There were no windows in the basement, no color, […]
In The Waves
Friday, April 30th, 2010Summer’s coming. Get ready to run barefoot through the waves.
The End of the Earth
Thursday, April 29th, 2010It’s the end of the earth. Jill and Jack hold hands at the very edge, so close they can taste the thickness of the void in their breath. They can put forth a toe and watch it disappear.
It’s not a drop, or a fall, past the end of the earth. It’s just empty whiteness stretching […]
Shell
Thursday, April 29th, 2010It’s not your typical shell game.
Waiting
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Yeah, I stand at this corner; I’m waiting. I’ve been waiting a long time. This is Midnight, the City of Night, where dreams have failed and nightmare has taken over the day. There’s no sun, there’s only the slightest sliver of hope, and there’s a million souls who will gladly shovel these lies into your […]
Flight
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Where will you fly?
The Little Little People of Adam Wright
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010His body was a battleground.
His name was Adam Wright. He grew up on Long Island, went to college, got a job, all the things typical American boys do; and at some point, he grew up. He became a full-fledged, card-carrying, honest-to-God Man. He found a wife. He fathered a child. He earned promotions and sacked […]
Car
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010You can’t drive this.
Neither can I.
As An Arrow
Monday, April 26th, 2010The statue stands there, perfectly still, as though it’s not alive. As though it doesn’t breathe. As though no soul resides inside.
It’s a statue of a goddess, half naked, bow in hand, poised as though she’s already released the arrow. Straight up; and every twenty or so years, when the moon’s trajectory is just right, […]
Caution
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