creative writing

  • “Crumbs, Concrete, and Canyon Capers: A Tale of Chaos and Lemon Bread”

      Good Morning  Yesterday was a fiasco that ended with me eating lemon bread in bed. Crumbs are everywhere, a clothes trail from the front door through the living room, bathroom, and finally next to the bed—the order of disrobing exactly opposite of what one might expect. I had bought a pallet of concrete blocks,

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  • Morning Melody

    Morning Melody

      The pull… to push, With stenciled lettered tiles beneath these worn fingertips, Leads me back to you. As I recall, the night before, When you, my queen, Held court in a palace not our own, Yet made me feel at home.   A banquet feast served, My eyes locked on, The beauty, Chalice cup,

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  • We are but vapors… James 4:14 R.I.P.

    I smoked my first Parliament cigarette today. I’m not a smoker, but I’ve had maybe 40 cigarettes in my life. Second-hand smoke? I lived with a father who smoked two packs a day until I left for college. Google tells me I’ve smoked ‘20 pack-years’(a back year being 20 cigarettes) indirectly. Add my own, and

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