Withdrawal

You have seen the way this hand withdraws before, the slow move away and fall of silence layering into sand, … More

Little Birds, Big Show

Here’s my rough draft for today, Thursday 01.27.22. Little Birds, Big Show This morning on my walk around the Ala … More

Another Friend

Here’s my rough draft for today, Thursday 01.20.22 Another Friend He was a ball hog. You should have seen him … More

Practical Jokes that Actually Work

You knew I loved practical jokes when we met,you even said then you really adored them.So I tried my best … More

We Killed

I think it safe to say, upon cool reflection now, long after the crimes we committed in our youth, that … More

The Heart You’re Looking For

We come back day after daySearching for someone to holdWhen others walk away in loveWill we be here passing our … More

Some London Aloha

My sister and I are headed for the Royal Observatory, and we’ve decided to take a ride on the Thames … More

Including Plagiarized Passages on Sections of Skin

to the reticular dermisshow a cystic cavitylined by attenuated squamous epithelium.A prominent granular layer is presentwith overlying compact, lamellated corneocytes.The … More

Abstract (Concrete Plagiarism)

Okay, I see the title of this one is Air Force Research Laboratory, Aero-Effects Laboratory optical metrology system and performance. … More

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 … More

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 … More

And Found

We walk hand-in-hand down a green grass path. I see the undersides of overhead leaves. They are a deep brown, … More

If a Chapel Bell Rings in Space

I waited, breath bated, in anticipation and trepidation,the tenterhooks rubbing my flesh a delightfully reddish hue.Headen for a wed’n, I … More

To See What He Had Seen — Part Fifteen

A few more reports had been filed by parents whose sons had gone missing.  Four more victims had been identified.  All five … More

To See What He Had Seen — Part Twelve

Jason Yu was at a loss about what to do.  He sat listless in his warehouse.  Kevin Won walked in, interrupting Yu’s … More

Mask Up

Today I wore long pants for the first time since I flew home from Egypt in February 2020.That would be … More

To See What He Had Seen — Part Two

Chan and Yamamoto sat across from one another at their desks.  Chan, bleary-eyed, watched his partner munch on a donut. Taking … More

So-So Funny

Students writing their PhD dissertations, that gobstruck time, wandering like zombies, as though they’ve been whacked on the head with … More

Blue Mounds

We are walking the area called Blue Moundsjust outside of Madison, on a sunny summer day.It’s another picnic, she loves … More

The Night I Proposed

The band, two guys on guitar, and the female singer, played four nights a week, and I came to hear … More