Most read stories

Corrections & Clarifications

14581458 views1515 comments22 favs

It was Fredrick Miller, not his murdered son Matthew, who was executed Monday night at Henshaw Prison. (the system won't take anything under 200 characters, so this part is just to take up space. please ignore)

Grey.

14581458 views55 comments22 favs

"I found a grey pubic hair the other day."

Abel in the Bar by the Youth Hostel

14581458 views11 comment11 fav

“It felt like the space under my skin had been filled with desert sand. I did not open my eyes for my body was covered with the dust. A camel could have walked over me and not noticed. I needed to wipe my eyes before I could open them and my body was froz

Hollywood Stars

14581458 views33 comments11 fav

Your Uncle Howard and I listened to Dutch Reagan re broadcast big league baseball on WHO Radio when we were little. He'd call the play action off the wire complete with sound effects. The son of a bitch turned out to be a Republican...

Sacrifice

14581458 views00 comments00 favs

The church building was a rustic structure made of rough-cut lumber that over-lapped in the clap-board fashion. The building itself was unpainted, but the boards were a weathered gray that only came from years of exposure to weather. The steeple towered o

The Voyeurism of a Free Faller

14581458 views66 comments44 favs

I wrote this piece after I told the originator of the youtube video "Mieders Alpine Coaster" by David Jellis how I felt watching it. I admitted I was a voyeur not a participant, but that his video fascinated me to the point that I needed to write ab

In Our America

14581458 views11 comment11 fav

If I floated about this coffee cafe,Like a spirit, just watching.In this room of framed fake memories,A room of ambient light, marketing to the masses,(It works; it gets 'em in the doors.)If I floated, I'd seeThese people sitting—eating, drinking, sipping, typing,…

Redbeard the Communist Pirate

14571457 views44 comments22 favs

True facts about Redbeard the communist pirate.

Julia

14571457 views1414 comments88 favs

Six months later, she was teaching theology / to refugees from est.

Or

14571457 views1515 comments88 favs

I paid the doctor / You paid the doctor

As We Progress

14571457 views44 comments33 favs

We all need a place to stay.

Did You Get Two

14571457 views44 comments33 favs

“106 more miles,” she said.

Black House

14571457 views88 comments55 favs

I dreamt once a child’s drawing of a house all scribbly black crayon swayback roof crooked chimney. God, do you remember how cold it was that night?

Three in a Major Key

14571457 views2424 comments1212 favs

One can watch the grass green/ in response. One can watch the world green/ in response.

Knees of the Dragon

14571457 views11 comment11 fav

I never could run properly. It’s kinda hard when you’ve got scales all over your body and a big fat tail that gets in the way.

Paradise Island

14571457 views1010 comments88 favs

A man comes out of the waves

Tootsie Roll

14571457 views1111 comments88 favs

I can’t decide whether I want to be buried or cremated when I die.

Odysseus as Superintendent

14561456 views1313 comments99 favs

No king of Ithaca, but of each/ whining, banging, dust–clouded island/ of focused, physical work

Shining Against Each Other

14561456 views44 comments00 favs

They keep shining against each other

The White Dogs Of West Emerald Street

14561456 views77 comments77 favs

I wondered if Mr. Slane even knew/ how many dogs he owned

Raise Really High The Roofbeam, Gassbag

14561456 views44 comments00 favs

When I heard that my brother was going to get married, I was more surprised than anything, but also awed by his courage. Our sister, named Baah Baah during a particularly bad recreational substance binge by our fun-loving, aristocratic parents, Nancy and

left handed

14561456 views55 comments33 favs

under your skin the moon is alive

Can Bone-Munching Zombie Worms Help Fight Childhood Obesity?

14561456 views11 comment11 fav

President Kennedy’s national physical fitness program tried to reverse the incoming tide of obesity, but for many it was too late.

Acrobats

14561456 views11 comment22 favs

What a beautiful day it was, what a wonderful day to lose one's mind. This is what you think going into it, that it is all a wonderful dream come true, and sure I'll have my hands full, but at the end of the day it will be worth something. If I hang in long enough,…

Artist's Statement: Oracle

14561456 views1515 comments77 favs

Mark Reep is a faded Polaroid oracle taped to the only unbroken window of an abandoned house in Ithaca NY.

After He Stays

14561456 views66 comments11 fav

When the sex that is new and promising in its awkward moments is over, you turn to him. You expect that he’s figuring out a way to leave; the parts of you that know wait for him to stand up and put his clothes back on, quicker and with more eagerness than

Again

14551455 views1313 comments1010 favs

Well, it's midnight and here I am drinking alone at the Stick It Inn, watching the clock because that cute, brunette waitress with the home wrecker tits, Julie, is working again, thank ya, Jesus, and she just came over and murmured she'd be off at one and come over and…

Unconscious Primate Pandemic Panic

14551455 views1212 comments1010 favs

I wrap my left foot

Mai Tai Daze

14551455 views22 comments00 favs

Some people hate Waikiki. Not me. Most hotels had lounges with live music, either inside or around the pool. Evenings were spent bar hopping up and down the strip, Kalakaua Avenue. The bars stayed open till 4:00 a.m. It was safe to walk…

Horse With One Big Ass Smile Plastered All Over Its Purple Petaled Pucker Just for You

14551455 views1010 comments66 favs

Tired, so tired of it all, but oh we'll always go on, won't we, still carrying on about the love the love the love we shared, only again and again. Ooh the oozing life blood is slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly now going to shit I say, practically…