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

Duolingo Ponies

by Ray Ball, PhD My horse does not eat rice. I admit the horse  is the horse I have only  ever had between outwitting advertisements. I can’t omit to tell you  the horse drinks milk.  My ponies probably have flanks, shiny with sweat,  but I don’t know  the words for shiny or flank yet.  For pony either. Is it the Read More

Sweat

Elewisa stands at the podium, redirecting dangerous questions while keeping on message. The bright, flashing lights bathe him in heat, and the reporters hunger for a juicy story. Yet, Elewisa’s huge, gray feet do not budge. He remains cool, calm, unflappable. Massive ears shiver in the breeze. (Well, almost unflappable.) A solid boulder amid the chaos. And not a drop Read More