Feline antigravity
This not mine…I first heard it on The Smothers Brothers back in 19– If bread always lands buttered side down, and cats always land on their feet, what would happen … Continue Reading Feline antigravity
The meaning of life
In a quiet cove I sit, on pulpy stump. Bulrushes surround: corndogs on waving sticks. The merciless keen of cicadas. The breeze is blue. In chest waders with broad shoulder … Continue Reading The meaning of life
Parental recollections
Having the privilege of being there at my son’s birth, after many hours of my wife’s painful labour. Quitting smoking and deporting our cat to the in-laws while the baby … Continue Reading Parental recollections
Randy Randy
So many human foibles have we. So many. In the mid 1960’s, we lived in a fourplex, and had some new neighbors move in. It was a mother and her … Continue Reading Randy Randy
Faux pas.
Things not to say to a Policeman who just asked you if you knew you were speeding:. “I guess, ossifer, to stomach scent”.
The Z factor
down from the cloud electric black the negative of lightning a home of flesh is prepared seeps in settles in is taught makes moves a limb a finger retinas so … Continue Reading The Z factor
Doom doom doom
The psychopath’s dreaming Of arts he is scheming And he thinks of their terrible glamours When carnality clamours His heart he enamours With pictures of pendulum hammers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Inspired by … Continue Reading Doom doom doom
Dead end
There’s that one that you’ve seen, passing by gauzy curtains at night. By chance, a sidelong glance. A stooped shadow, seeming to peer back at passing cars. His round shoulders, … Continue Reading Dead end
18. A dream of subjugation
I stand, looking out, on the highest rampart of the cantilevered castle. All of the Members stand with me today, deck upon deck, in honour of this coronation. The crescent … Continue Reading 18. A dream of subjugation
Impossible
I learned in high school math That it could be proven, with numbers, that motion is impossible. It was called Zeno’s Paradox. It went something like this: A man running … Continue Reading Impossible
What is normal for the spider, is chaos for the fly.
Originally posted on therebemonstershere.com:
My name is Bast, and finally I am dead. My corpse is at my feet, and what I see on the ground before me appears…
String theory
Ah, child of the dust, how shall I tell you? Come, please, and play my strings. For I am mute. Absolute. I want to be heard, but the weight is … Continue Reading String theory
And in the Winter, extra blankets for the cold, fix the heater (getting old)
We had a sliding patio door of glass. February frozen. Final, ’til the spring. A poor insulator, it grew small spires of frost, even inside. Like so many iron filings … Continue Reading And in the Winter, extra blankets for the cold, fix the heater (getting old)
Nobody home
It’s like a boogeyman tale from when we were kids. I’ve been in this town for thirty years, and do quite a bit of walking. I suppose I could say … Continue Reading Nobody home
Coffee thoughts
my eyes were growing furry coats i peered through layered lashes and thought i saw some billy goats with peppery moustaches from out my mouth came rabbit teeth just like … Continue Reading Coffee thoughts
Diabolical
Father, please deliver us from precipice and pit. From devil spawn carnivorous that eat us, bit by bit. Pushing as we’re slipping back. We hear the mad refrain. The landscape … Continue Reading Diabolical
