Monthly Archives: October 2016

  A long hungry wind with a wide mouth swept through the wounded land, swallowing the last lingering words of violence and hatred shouted out in the dark by the angry ones.   Animals that still resisted being named crouched … Continue reading →

Nobody saw the stick figure slip off the page and run away. We were all too busy offering opinions about each other’s opinions, and who would miss a stick figure anyway? Even still, some may wake tonight with a strange … Continue reading →

A wise teacher of mine once compared life to boarding a ship that is destined to sail out to sea and sink. Although our vision may be momentarily clouded by the shadows and storms of what comes and goes, this … Continue reading →

Over the years, I gradually discovered that I live in a world of deception. Perhaps you have noticed too — it seems we all do it, to one degree or another. Frankly, we’re all a bunch of pretenders. We make … Continue reading →

Up here along the ridge of the canyon it is easy to relax and goof off, which suits me just fine. Once I was a vehicle the universe employed to do a certain job it seems it had to do: … Continue reading →

That edgy feeling that keeps arising until it can no longer be ignored — let it be what it wants to be, a message from you to yourself. If it challenges your fixed ideas, all the better to let it … Continue reading →

1 aimlessly scrolling the endless page a net of fake jewels, of cubic zirconium what is reflected, a mob of thoughts seeking confirmation of themselves 2 what happens to all the labor done in dreams, is there some dreamy payday … Continue reading →

Tonight they appeared and gathered around me while I slept. As if on cue, they all leaned down, but no comments were exchanged (at least none of which I was aware). The mood was formal, no funny business tonight. I … Continue reading →

Before me, a hovering hummingbird — my colors are reflected in its eyes, it makes a quick decision. Behind, the startled night creatures run in circles, snapping at the air with enormous teeth. To the left, dark ships are crossing … Continue reading →

Like stars fading away in the brightening dawn sky, my human memories are receding, slipping away into some vast repository that curious researchers may visit in the future, searching for revealing clues. They may occasionally stop and rub their weary … Continue reading →