Monthly Archives: April 2024

We talked about her legacy, which got to be a bummer when you considered that legacies are usually built on endings. “You’ll live for a long long time,” I began to say, but she shook her head before I invested … Continue reading →

Of course you didn’t say goodbye to me in life. You had no idea I was gone. But now, afterward, take a moment to reflect and focus: final thoughts? Say them now.

Three missing fingers? Pessimistic outlook indeed! Seven extant hand-appendages: optimism at-work!

Sundown means a lot of things. For now, it means the day’s coming to an end and the dark is coming and though there are golden hues to introduce this, we are all entering a blind time. Tools will help … Continue reading →

It would be a harder world if all the rubber had already been extracted from the planet and there was no longer anything we could make to bounce off of. That is why we must do everything in our power … Continue reading →

We’ve talked about this before: if you had telepathy, you’d know my apologies are sincere and our conversations would be severely truncated, but I don’t think I’d like to propose that policy any further, because if you had telepathy, you’d … Continue reading →

One door slams shut, breaking the glass in its windowpane, leaving room for someone to break in, killing the former tenant, allowing a brand new family to move in! Every beginning ends a different story and vice versa, if you … Continue reading →

I was recently asked how to make your last million dollars. I immediately answered: invest two million in your poetry chapbook. Nobody followed up on my response, so I assumed they understood it perfectly. Would anybody like to go out … Continue reading →

Later today, we shall meet. I cannot tell you how long I have waited. Of course, you know when we set the appointment, but you may not know when I first wished to invite you to this lunch. It was … Continue reading →

They have laid a new patch of dirt on my block. They say it is to put up a tree. There are no trees now on my block so this promises to be a good thing. With one tree, this … Continue reading →