I’m writing a love story. Yes, I know. Me. My own love story was of the unconventional sort, so the love story I’m writing follows a similar pattern, in that it’s unconventional. And yet it’s written in the most conventional of ways. See, it starts with a girl. Don’t all love stories start with a … Continue reading Writing a Love Story
An apology between friends That kiss of words on lips Seductive in its subtlety Longing to make things right When love’s been abandoned Tossed like so much dice A startling black on white Acquiescence of a sort Designed to mollify To knit a pattern of beauty That will stand time’s test And yet it ends … Continue reading This Modern Guilt
an atheist going to heaven the sun rising at midnight a girl named “Guy” a convicted killer saving someone pirating cable from someone who just had it shut off now loving someone who used to love you being able to pay all your bills from your phone except your phone bill a famous linguist constantly … Continue reading Irony Is…
Dear Journal, I was in Lowe’s once, on a mission from my wife to get paint that she had previously chosen, I found myself waiting behind a man who was having paint mixed, so I went to check out the mailboxes. For whatever reason. It was in that section that I heard a man say, … Continue reading Dear Journal: Embarrass Much?
“You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic.” ~Elias Canetti Her name is Elizabeth, and she’s made of no moving parts, or at least that’s what they told me when I bought her at Target’s electronics department. She wasn’t cheap, either, but that merely meant … Continue reading Her Name is Elizabeth
I don’t care if a book or a movie is based on someone’s life, if it’s not good it’s not good. But then when a horde of people and critics see the film or read the book and decide it’s worthwhile, I’m completely flummoxed. Then it’s Oscar time and the hit movie based on the … Continue reading A Wolf in No Clothing
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