Monthly Archives: April 2017

Into the Interior

It was late and dark but they were not ready for the evening to end. Taking their hands off each other they two lifted themselves into the closed park running and laughing their way into the interior. They found a … Continue reading

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Hello, Svengali

Oh, God, you beautiful mess. Looking at you is always an adventure. You’re gorgeous and funny and flawed. I want to save you. I want to fix you. I think I can make you more than you are Svengali you … Continue reading

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Stumblebum

I don’t know what I expected. It always goes this way. I had a really good time. It started out so comfortable. We got along great; you were gorgeous and I was less hideous than normal. We seemed to like … Continue reading

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April Ends, with Adolf

Today is Hitler’s deathday just ten days after his birthday. Even seventy two years gone Adolf’s shadow is exceedingly long. The former Fuhrer remains a popular topic of debate and every public figure seemingly identified with the powerful German leader. … Continue reading

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Please Sleaze Me

Nah, it’s nothing. It’s just that, well, the candy bar I got you, it was like four dollars. Things in this theater ain’t cheap. Your "thank you" was nice and all but I was hoping for some more concrete appreciation … Continue reading

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MacManus Group Memo – Eight

To all concerned: bathroom breaks will now be timed. Whether number one or two, bathroom events and cigarette breaks and private phone calls and coffee sips will no longer be subsidized by MacManus Group salary installments. For any instance of … Continue reading

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Total Recall

(because of Danny) Well, great. That little fact you provided about classical theatre just invalidated one of my older poems, already published in a collection back in an earlier decade. Now I am going to have to go around to … Continue reading

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MacManus Group Memo – Seven

Please join us for our regularly scheduled Lunch and Learn, during which Marketing will unveil plans for the latest product offering from an innovative collaboration between Real Estate Developments and Home Improvement. By promoting sheds under current economic conditions as … Continue reading

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Time in a Jug

I just saw on Thesaurus dot com that three of the synonyms for Monthly are Daily, Weekly and Annually. This information has changed my world in very dramatic ways. When assignments are due tomorrow I now know I can take … Continue reading

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Circuitous

You keep talking about the same things over and over time after time because you’re stuck. You cannot envision another thing to speak about so you repeat yourself and you bore everyone not that it’s necessarily a bad thing but … Continue reading

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