My rage is a Hellfire won. It’s prophylactic temerity. Taste this seed where the yawn and ache demand. Be here in the presense of a thousand years of stammering bliss. What the evidence portrays again and again with reckless disregard is that this never mattered; that each and every uttered word, committed action and kindness […]
Read MoreDid you know you gave him light? Did you know that in the darkness he aspired to latch onto every subtle nuance of your kind demeanor, your soft tone, the hard edge of reason that you portrayed with a level of approachability and gracious humor that spoke of intelligence and better minds, better hearts than […]
Read MoreIt wasn’t long that she had to wait for the first tests of her strength. They came at her in youth, fast, like the flash of paparazzi bulbs she dreamed of as a child; trained on her and her winning smile. She was invincible in her dreams and trained herself to fold inward when the […]
Read MoreThe ecstasies of faith surrounded Kim. She wandered into the lives of others like a page torn from a harlequin romance novel caught on a summer breeze. It was instant attraction, the way her red lips left behind a stain on wineglasses and coffee cups was a mark of territory that held the loose-hearted in […]
Read MoreWhen she breathed, he felt her. When she laughed, he grinned. In the fantasia of their ardor, she donned a mask but he knew her, could see her, would love her. Their lips were designed to kiss one another’s. And in the hot rhythm of celebration, amid the colors of reveling masses, he took her […]
Read MoreThis structure bitches cross-depth, mortar interrupted like sin on Sundays, the finest structure of faith the loosest kind of failed brick against nature. Arrogance is faith in anything other than roots. Blessings tear at peripheral high-standing. Were there lovers in the cracks then maybe it stood a chance at permanence, but chaos fills like rain, […]
Read MoreAll lights go out. Whether it’s approaching day mercifully silencing the hum of illumination or simply the filament, the incandescent heart, failing, all lights quit. Quitting. It connotes a decision made, a conclusion reached. If an end is inevitable, maybe giving up is the only control to be exercised. Stick with it and prolong suffering […]
Read MoreCovered. Cold. Sin is in season. Disbelief in the evidence. Laid out and direct. Like sunlight on a cloudless day. Blinding. But obscured by the thick frost of derision, that chill of hate for the mirror that can’t crack soon enough. Right there. A blind man could see it and yet, reason vanishes and the […]
Read MoreCecil had been his favorite, but it was time for him to go. Davey had slept with him, eaten with him, brought him everyplace – including the potty – and now he was at the beach and felt ready to say goodbye. It was sad, but life was sad. Davey knew that because mom and […]
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