Month: May 2016

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300 Writing Prompts: #135

“Write about your first home: your childhood home or your first apartment or house of your own.” Wow, nearly 40 years on this earth and still, when I think of home, my mind goes back to 5711 Broomall Street in South Philadelphia. It’s the place of probably my biggest progress because it’s where I learned … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #135

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A Perfect Marriage

Marriage is not easy, and anyone who says it is, well, they’re a liar, or at the very least delusional. I mean, imagine it. You come from two different places, with a series of experiences that have shaped you individually, with a wealth of preconceptions and idiosyncrasies that don’t just go away. Instead, you come … Continue reading A Perfect Marriage

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Hating Earl

Jeannette hated shopping. The old man just inside the door at WalMart always smiled at her in that creepy way that reminded her of Fraggle Rock, and she tried to avoid him as much as was humanly possible. The problem was that she was never quite sure at which door he would be stationed, and … Continue reading Hating Earl

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Emergent

The shadows cross Hatch and cross hatch Illuminating fear And the absence of love Caught in the dark Without a flashlight These nights are long Streets teeming With imagination Purposefully vague Like innocence Waiting for the dawn When daffodils bloom Under the brutal sun And shadows loom In the crossing rays Of a stinging apathy … Continue reading Emergent

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Generation eX

Remember when we were supposed to be the next big thing? Well, it seems like that time has passed. Our society is still focusing on those damn Boomers, and on our own children (the so-called Millennials), but what has happened to Generation X? If you were born between 1965 and 1979 then you technically fit … Continue reading Generation eX