Always a favorite of minethat last meal with youwriting about it repeatedlyhow we dined at McDonald’sFilet-o-Fish and friesthe grandest of…
Well Inked, Ink Well
[pluck] She loves me.[pluck] She loves me not.[pluck] She . . . loves . . . me.[pluck] WTF? This thing…
Abstract (Concrete Plagiarism)
Okay, I see the title of this one is Air Force Research Laboratory, Aero-Effects Laboratory optical metrology system and performance.…
The 15th Episode of My Hawai‘i-Based Crime Story Is Now on Amazon’s Kindle Vella Platform
Old Folks Are Cautious
You tell me to go out, but I don’t want to die.You say it’s really so much better, it’s getting…
One Last Act of Love
For the sake of this loved onewe know it must be done,all we singlular fossils of the future,all of us…
I’m Not Bright
I’m watching TV and I hear the word “enigma.”I have no idea what that means.My dog asks, “Why the puzzled…
A Mechanical Alarm
That was not what I heard, not what I heard, the force of wind, not the tall trees creaking as…
A Meal with You
Always my favorite, reliving this, under the Golden Arches, every single Filet-o-Fish, no, really, if you could have been here…
Would I Watch with Her?
She wanted a big-screen TV mounted on the wall opposite her bed.“I’m going to watch my soaps,” she said, “and…
Far To Go
Kidnapped and blindfolded, I’m dumped in an unknown part of town.Sitting on the asphalt, I remember it’s Christmas Eve and…
Tongue
Each time I speak, every utterance, albeit nearly imperceptibly,the voices of my ancestors equally sound on my tongue,treading my thoughtful…
Nantucket
There once was a bard from Hawai‘iWho penned little poems as a hobbyFrom the time he learned lettersHe got better…
On the Clock
She tells me she has never been late for an event in her life. I examine my watch. It is…
That’s What’s That
2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the movie version of Flower Drum Song.32 years later, a second Hollywood movie, The…
How Many Times Is It You Only Live?
Bored yesterday, I decided to go back to the beginningof the James Bond film franchise, to Sean Connery,still my favorite,…
Blood
My father and I both love our steak rare.My mother has a hard time watching us eat it.My father jokes…
I Am Leaving, I Am Leaving
When he awoke, he saw that someone had stolen his pants.He knew that someone would come during the nightto break…
Episode 14 of My Hawaiʻi-Based Crime Story Now Available on Kindle’s Vella
I’m happy to say that Episode 14 of my Lieutenant David Chan crime story is now available on the Amazon…
On a Scale of Hardness
The feelings were hard, no matter what you said. Maybe not on your side, but they were on mine. What…
Lanning Lee 