1622 5 4
|
Christmas night was closing in at the Cantrips alehouse in Aberdeen, a firm favourite for riggers and other men and women who lived life close to the horizon. Sometimes, on a Saturday night, things might get a bit rowdy but Mother O'Grady would stand firm and bring out…
|
162288
|
I clearly see the squirrels of
negativity all around me
or at least I sense that
they are there,
filling in the blank spaces
as I read down the page
prior to arriving at
the meaning of everything.
The greenness of figs
before they
|
162210
|
Hoo-ah! I love these open mikes, I get a chance to pour it out, this… whatever it is, this passion, all this love from I’ll never know where, and then, and then, sometimes, too much hate. Everything’s like all zowie!—splashing scarlet and purple,
|
162231
|
We sat quietly in my truck. My lit cigarette twitched between my lips. Samantha and I stared at the front door of Planned Parenthood in Worcester.
|
162220
|
Now, the Kingdom of Begonia was known for its serenity and virtue. But just like any other place, there can sometimes be dark and mysterious inhabitants.
|
162243
|
It was bound to happen. Even celebrities can only take so much. The constant comparisons to Christ (people still think He was born in December), assumptions that he was anti-Semite or anti-Islam, and accusations from PETA, now ad litem for…
|
162294
|
19. You never know yourself till you know the dust. 51. Treasures are the ligatures between our wants and love. 33. Truth is able to turn one's stomach.
|
162230
|
There's something wrong with my feet, if they are my feet at all.
|
162175
|
Nothing changes; the moon arcs its mindful lemon eye. . .
|
162122
|
I'm living where I've always lived, in Georgia.
|
162162
|
George was the biggest coward alive. But he was too afraid to admit it. But that therein was his cowardice. He couldn't face the truth. He couldn't face his weakness. It made him uncomfortable, the thought that he might need to change.
|
162144
|
"..squeezing her eyes and mouth tightly."
|
162130
|
Everything needs context, otherwise reality would be nothing more than stardust with a spark.
|
1621116
|
Is this a place to show posterity and mortality?
|
162120
|
More and more, as she watched him slide away from her in increments, she thought of that first summer together. How his searching hands would find her, any time of day, and pull her in for closer examination. How his eyes, his mouth, his tongue would set
|
162112
|
She remembered how cold it was in the factory that day. A few of the high windows stood open as usual, necessary for ventilation when the machines were all running, when the concrete floors were packed with the sweating bodies of warm human workers. The
|
162100
|
Getting answers felt like it was not enough. Madam Mayweather wanted more. She wanted to hurt someone.
|
162122
|
The Fourth Defenestration took place in September of that year, and it became an instant internet sensation. Mostly because of the fall from great heights into an enormous pile of haufen mist, arranged by a bunch of henchmen pals of Boris and Vladimir
|
162100
|
His name is Rick Reynolds. His name is Steve Redford.
|
162153
|
|
1621135
|
There were guitar players, and as happens with talent sometimes, the guitar players were too talented. There could not be places for all of them in a single rock band.
|
162153
|
—Jesus, a snoring cat. No wonder Alex put this cat outside.
|
1620148
|
The alphabets will disappear.
|
1620107
|
Contention over market share/
is bred in them and we are cousins
|
162000
|
Martin Heidegger wore hearing protection out on the tarmac at JFK. The runways were broad and he danced and leapt with the freedom of a Cats performer while he guided planes to the terminal.
|
162022
|
Tomorrow, they'd bury their daughter . . . and still, so many questions. Why would a beautiful fourteen-year-old choose for herself such a horrible, painful death? In life, she appeared the antithesis of suicidal ideation: excellent grades, well-liked in school and…
|
162032
|
1. It started coming down in flakes. The room was warm and the windows were double insulated, but she was naked and her body was being dressed in snow. He stood over her with the spray can. Maybe you can be the Christmas tree this year. You won't keep me till Christmas she…
|
162000
|
Karin sat down. Her heart beating fast, she clutched her chest. “I’m in over my head.”
|
162000
|
“They’re not gonna shoot him?” Rick cried.
|
1620198
|
...collapse of the human world. Go, cell phones!
|
