Monthly Archives: April 2024

She laid the claim long ago and no one said a word. They simply let her twist in the wind, her wounds unprotected festering, dripping away. Rose had been bleeding ever since. When others spoke, they began to believe, and … Continue reading →

When I collapsed – I didn’t faint. Men don’t faint – they said it was dehydration, pure and simple, and that I should be drinking about four liters a day. “I promise,” I swore, and promptly broke the promise. Now, … Continue reading →

You have reached the end of the universe. It has been a long trip and, strange, you feel like there are breadcrumbs to take you back because you see breadcrumbs behind you. There is a trail of garbage from whence … Continue reading →

I had a dream. She was shimmering, this vision of a creature that had just rejected me worse than any woman I could remember ever hurting me. I mean, I loved her. We’d been dating for a couple of months, … Continue reading →

Frankie said, “Time goes slower when the clock stops.” I had overdosed on Oreos an hour before so I wasn’t at my best. It took me five minutes to say, “What was that?” “Time goes slower when the clock stops.” … Continue reading →

If you submit to Poetry please only send unpublished work. If it has already been on social media Poetry does not want it. Sorry, them’s the rules. If you submit to Poetry you can expect an eight-month response period. Poetry … Continue reading →

Scientists refuse to state it categorically but there are sleeping octopuses with active brains that change colors who seem to be going through REM sleep. They think these intelligent creatures are dreaming, going through drills or remembering adventurous aspects of … Continue reading →

You are changing. Of course you are changing, stupid child. That you ask the question suggests you may not be changing enough, that your head is in the same shape it was the last time you asked such a similar … Continue reading →

Manhattan’s looking hazy. It’s right there in the distance far enough, out of reach, but close enough to taste. You can still tell it’s New York, but somethings different. Something’s missing. Nothing to put a finger on – it’s still … Continue reading →

And there will come a day when youth will pass away and the old will inherit the earth and their interests will dominate and at that time they will look forth at the world as if it were a fire … Continue reading →