• Some Needed T-L-C

    My sister, Deirdre sent me two hefty boxes of personal effects that belonged to our Mom. She’s had them in storage since mom’s death in 2002. While a bit overwhelming, I am devising a plan to archive much of it as it consists of old family pictures, newspaper clipping, postcards and such. In fact I’ve…

  • Should Frogs Dream

    Frog gazes outward, Searching the uprising mountain. A dream since tadpole.

  • One penny is a single reality. A second penny is another reality, different from the first. If the two pennies are rubbed together, then separated, do they leave behind traces of themselves on the other and are you jus’ as broke? Asking for Rick Sanchez and ‘Doc’ Brown.

  • A-51-L-9 Test Notes

    7 June 2019 – Anthropomorphic Test Device completed first reverse jump, phased 180-degrees mid-transfer, file footage on demand from ATDs on board recorders, optimal, phase in/phase out, 60-seconds, data under review. 10 June 2019 – Second ATD reverse jump completed, 60″ pi/po, OBRs optimal, FFOD, parallax displacement, 0 to 180-degrees, DUR. 13 June 2019 –…

  • Snail Bait

    Snail slimes slowly past, Trail glistening in the sunshine. Meal for the passing crow.

  • Storm Grate

    He stared at the carbon storm grate that adorned the area below the sidewalk, with its checkerboard-squared spaces and came upon an unusual epiphany. The grate no longer was that for straining large items from the gutters flow, but rather a magnificent box with 100 boxes of fantastical possibilities. Deeper downward, he envisioned each box…

  • The Thing in the Mine

    Sadly, I’ve traded one world where slow death was a certainty, for another where only a slow death is a certain. Perhaps, you can tell which I would rather suffer, though the outcome is no doubt comes with a sameness. The morning began bright and clear, but by the time mid-day arrived, I found myself…

  • Kitchen Window

    Screaming Stellar’s Jay I rest my hands in kitchen sink My, the window is so dirty.

  • The loss of a child is to be vilomahed; to go against the natural order of life.

  • Kidnapped

    “You’re gonna be locked in here with only that bed and piss-pot until your ransom is paid. I’ll be back in a while with a tray of food. Don’t try and escape. Do you understand?” her kidnapper instructed as he removed the zip-ties that bound her hands. “Oh, my god! You mean, sleep, food and…