Tag: writing
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Coffee Table Low
Cat go into living room, cat see sandwich on plate. Plate with sandwich down low on coffee table, coffee table so low to ground. Coffee table so very low to ground. Way, way too low. Far too low. Enough for me and the dog and the other cat and the whole infantry to pounce on…
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The Ganymede Bathhouse
The radio was turned down when he entered the bathhouse, and he recalled the fact that it had been at a roaring volume when he had left the bathhouse nearly an hour ago. He also recalled the fact that when he had left, the radio had been playing quick and bombastic classical tunes. Now, the…
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Don’t Mince Words
Don’t mince words, she said to me, and unfortunately she was holding the butcher knife again. Whenever she was holding the butcher knife, I knew that I was in for a long night. There would be lots of arguing, lots of name-calling, sometimes possessions were thrown. An exhausting four to five hour affair that inevitably…
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Summoning Poem
The burnt-up enemy of every disaster Is found at the bottom of the bottle, Surrounded by sand. The sand is at the bottom of the glass bottle, And still there are select grains on the mouth of the bottle. The bottle is Heaven-sent. It is naturally color-less, And still it keeps its form and refuses…