I plead the 4th
people are speaking to me, thinly and echo-like. I watch from above, my love. (or across, down, sooner, later) “do you want another pillow?” “I don’t think he can hear … Continue Reading I plead the 4th
On editing a post..
I dream of scissorhands. In this dream, I wake. I see shredded bedsheets. Flying feathers. Bulging batting from my mattress. My wife stands by the bedside, saucer-eyed and staring. These … Continue Reading On editing a post..
Spring shall overcome
Bare of snow and ice we were In the winter’s dwindling days And we marked upon the calendar The season’s changing phase Eager things poked up their heads To … Continue Reading Spring shall overcome
Out of this world
My nickname’s Pygmalion From those in the know My interest in women I never do show To those I confide in And have some affection I am but a man … Continue Reading Out of this world
Why I don’t pick up hitchhikers
I know. You can say these were just isolated experiences and I should not tar everyone with the same brush. But, I’m pretty impressionable, and first impressions count. #1. I … Continue Reading Why I don’t pick up hitchhikers
Overture
Somewhere I have seen (Perhaps you know where?) A parody of a grand theatrical overture. The thrilling theme lulls to a quiet. The room lights dim. The brocaded velvet curtains … Continue Reading Overture
Very nice, very nice
..we live in a basement now… some say eww, you live in the cellar? that’s something I did when I was a teenager. a second class citizen. how can you … Continue Reading Very nice, very nice
We Must Learn to Die, a poem by S Francis
The Immaculate Depression
Originally posted on hijacked amygdala:
The girl often wondered where it had come from. Why was her life so much darker than yours? than his? than hers? than most? She…
Joshua’s choice
I had a brother…..I have a brother! Michael and I were separated during the great invasion of 2067. World communications had been disrupted, or destroyed altogether. The last I knew, … Continue Reading Joshua’s choice
Earth, Mars, and beyond.
“Raymond, before you ask, I know who they are, where they have been, and where they are going. I know, perhaps, why you are all so happy, but I am … Continue Reading Earth, Mars, and beyond.
On cresting a Sunday night hill
And there was the Moon, like a bilious balloon. She was sheeted in linens of heavenly loom. This ghostly attendant of summer entombed. This spirit ascendant, This prophet of doom.
Joshua’s dream
Previous stories: https://secret-lifeof.com/2018/09/27/paved-with-good-intentions/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2018/10/18/my-little-miss/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2019/01/10/silver-seeds/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2019/01/14/the-yard/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2019/01/15/dont-fence-me-in/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2019/01/15/the-neighbours/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2019/01/16/lay-down-all-thoughts-surrender-to-the-void-it-is-shining-it-is-shining/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indeed, it was Old Granny in my rocking chair dream. Her back was to me, and the rocker creaked upon … Continue Reading Joshua’s dream
White Apple
This yarn from “The Used Life”…..so good!
Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void. It is shining. It is shining.
Previous stories: https://secret-lifeof.com/2018/09/27/paved-with-good-intentions/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2018/10/18/my-little-miss/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2019/01/10/silver-seeds/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2019/01/14/the-yard/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2019/01/15/dont-fence-me-in/ https://secret-lifeof.com/2019/01/15/the-neighbours/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Her name, as near as I can make it, is Khostra, and she “spoke” to me in symbols, visions, and … Continue Reading Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void. It is shining. It is shining.
Crazy house
All is soft silence, save for a ringing in the ears. Afterimage of thunderous chaos. Mister Puss, saucer-eyed, meows a sick meow. Looks this way and that, as if to … Continue Reading Crazy house
