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Happy Feats
I carried Happy Feet to my car as he just chilled out in the box, enjoying the ride. I even kept the flaps to the box open in case HF was feeling randy and...
The Reckoning
I did what my mother and her mother done before me… sit down… shut up! Just listen; stay in your place… your worth is no more than your race. Tears fell from fear, deceived…...
Zedlist – Part Seven
The Essex village had a population of less than four hundred people. There was a church, small shop, pub and cricket pitch. Several hundred acres of fields and woodland surrounded it. This was fox...
When Banarch Made Love to Tarksi She Said
There I go again A postulate without a premise A finite based on an in-finite Am I really just and axiom to you? Did I ever have a choice? Do you wish to promulgate...
The Castle Field
I have walked here, We have discussed the most important of issues; Girls, parents, teachers. Woods flank me on three sides. Shady-quiet, they give shelter and peace. Sunlight plays on the balding grass, rummaging...
Ars Melodia – after 1229 Sheffield by Brian Vander Ark
It’s well after one in the morning when I hear the scrape of his boots on the front walk, the jingle of his keys as he flips back and forth across the ring, too...
Night Lights – Part Three
That night the branch is scraping my window more than ever. Sleeping pill packets litter my bedside table. At one point the silhouette of the landlord is projected on the curtain clambering around outside...
Classroom Order
Haibun Poem He approaches me, his hands raised. I stand behind my desk getting papers. He corners me. “Put your hands down.” “What?” “You heard me.” My command, spoken so softly. My eyes,...
The Black of My Mind
In the black of my mind, I ride the waves and follow them to the island in my hands. An undercurrent, a melody of an unknown song, an invisible rope pulling me along. A...
Let This Love Be Unbroken
Poetry Free Verse When you first look upon me, love with your eyes, for I am lovely and more than fair, at any age. I am a delicious apple, a succulent pear, a...
