Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Monday, January 21, 2019
012119d
The Next Few Writing Projects
1. Gall Bladder of Darkness
It
was so evil its shadow cast a shadow.
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2. Carly
and the Scone-Eaters
They
would stop at nothing for a fix!
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3. Invasion
of the Clip Snatchers
The
manuscript was 60 pages long. Could it ever stay together?!
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4. The
Room That Came To Sarnath
A
hideous breakfast nook emerged from the retreating waters.
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5. The
Four Snacks of the Apocalypse
Stick to your diet or burn in Hell forever!
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6. Jimbo
and the Plumber's Crack
As
if his jokes weren't bad enough!
012119c
Needs Something
He wasn't quite sure
about the soup and
Leaned in to inhale
its scent;
It bubbled suddenly,
and a muscular green arm
Reached out of the
pot to
Grasp Chef Pierre by
the throat;
His eyes bulged, he
clawed at the hairy wrist,
It was no use,
inexorably he was drawn in,
Thrashing a bit at
first, then limp as lettuce.
The pot bubbled,
filling the room
With a rich, complex
aroma.
012119
Glanced last night at the cookie with a bite missing
shining big and orange from a clear dark sky
a rare wonder, but I was too cold to linger.
In Alabama's summer, when I could have taken it
optical astronomy would have sucked
Cybele's emblem would have been shrouded in mist
or worse.
I like to watch, as Peter Sellers said
but I like comfort more
this injury makes that elusive at the best of times
or so I try to recall.
Sunday, January 20, 2019
012019d
Jack
of the Green
Green
Jack dances in the tilted meadow
when
darkness falls.
The
windows overhead are blocked,
but
the sun is shining on fields of flowers
on
the other side of the river.
How
he got there no one knows.
Perhaps
he stowed away wrapped around a lily bulb,
pressed
between the pages of a treasured scrapbook,
or
in a packet of carrot seeds brought
from
the old country by a small child.
Since
he came, the plants are thriving,
which
formerly languished in their new home,
the
stalks are taller, more sturdy, the
flowers
bigger and the colors brighter,
In
Lagrangia now that Jack is here.
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