by Suzanne Craig-Whytock Last week, Sparrow turned to me suddenly and said, “When you die, what do you want me to do with you?” We were watching TV together, cozy under a blanket, his arm around my shoulders. I laughed in surprise, a little taken aback, and answered, “Honey, aren’t you jumping the gun?” He smiled sweetly and said, “You Read More
Tag: jan 13 2020
Hiccup, Goes the Clock
by Samuel Strathman To think, there are still sweat shops, work camps,groups of men who force girlsfrom their schools to be slaves – Some people have to burnrecycling for a living,then they get sick and wonder whythey feel so polluted by the selfishnessof others. A bookie jumps a bad client,because he rather that clientbe stymied when it happens,that’ll leave internal Read More
Lake Nights
by Ryan Norman Moonlight laps the shoreline astiny-surfed feet dance on the pebblesin the stillness of night.Soft crashes of water on stone orchestratea ceremonious march toward sirens’soft sonnets—vows of forevertogether in the depths of the shallowglittered lake. His steps sink in the man-sown sandcovering the beach of dirt and stone hisheel toe, heel toe slidingone after the other—Soles pound to Read More
Cerberus began as an experiment in Vulcan’s forge
by Caroline Streff and Ray Ball Not content to dabble in golden fobs and adamantine chains,The hobbler stole his uncle’s notebookFrom its hiding place in the hollow of a tree.It barely held its shape, like a pillowcase all stuffed with dreams.He chose at random from the chapter of the Horrible.He sculpted the monster’s trunk from clayAnd crowned it with five Read More