The Reflecting Darkness
They look at him His face covered by a dark veil Incomprehensive They analyze him Why is he hiding? What has he done? They look at him His face covered by a veil Incomprehensive He analyzes them He sees that the people around him are dark He looks at them as they hide behind their […]
Go! Just do something, anything
Leave Maine or you’ll come to an end Join Boston for a delay Jennifer Lopez sang songs to be Puerto Rican in the Bronx Well, ruminate over the dollar bills No, they are 50 cents at the lowest Honk the horn and they will drive with rage or they’ll think you’re horny. Have you figured […]
Deep Fried Love
I like what is natural, what is healthy And I know that I stand alone on this because this world is an assembly line of what is called love From every angle comes the disdain, the incredulity: You didn’t hook up in the city of love, it’s been how long? I guess I went to […]
A Broken Song
I know I won’t be leaving here with you. Adieu et a dieu I say good-bye and to God because you know too much for me How do you solve the end of the world by Riding on dreams that can be Slashed with a dull, rusted jackknife Inside its case Alexander’s hiding under the […]
Youth
Aggression and mistakes, healthy tanned skin, skin burned with the threat of cancer, dating alienation and friends, alienation and family. Puberty and its unrelenting harassment. No matter how you see it being young is not easy- it’s skin stretching more and more one experience after another even after the skin is spotted with age and […]
You are Nothing but Trash
You’re disgusting Are you kidding me? This must be some kind of joke You expect me to touch you After last night? You’re trash inside and out and I’m supposed to take you out? Last night you woke me up with your God awful Smell- you’re nasty body odor Oh, I’ll take care of you […]
Swimming through the Struggles
Do you ever picture your struggles? I did. In between chapters in The Grapes of Wrath There’s a turtle trying to cross the road Back then, that’s how I did it, only with water. I pictured myself in the middle of a lake swimming little by little. That image constantly flashed. Youth is a time […]
I Remember Life before The Creed for the Disabled
The tiny glass animals that decorated my mama’s shelf, the ones my sister loved so much. Looking into the duck pond for the first time and seeing my own reflection, next to it, something caught my eye – my baby brother in his diaper riding a goose while the birds nipped at his already loosened […]
Short Story: No Fish originally pub. by Shortcuts
(For Taylor and Ronda) “Anne, I ordered for you. You’re getting the blue fish, but if you don’t like it, we’ll switch and I’ll eat it.” “Oh yuck, we’ll have to switch,” replied Anne shivering. “I haven’t eaten fish since I was a little girl. I learned my lesson!” Marie raised an eyebrow with curiosity. […]