Perhaps Flowers bloom Bass slowly reverberates Hearts beat Tectonic plates shift Brooms collect dust Security guards watch the world bored Smooth flattens wrinkles Souls transported by gentle melodies To heavens on Earth Beyond conflict and pain
The Fettered Hummingbird
She brushed her thumb across her lips like Jean Paul Belmondo in a bout de souffle, then looked out the window. Outside a hummingbird was busy doing something with a flowering tree. “So busy,” she said to no one in particular. It was a lazy Saturday that now seemed to stretch on, but would be …
Your Mother Should Know
The book crackled as it burned. I never thought I’d be one to burn books, but I never thought I’d live through a siege. The night was cold and I needed to stay warm. I’m sure the book contained some gem of knowledge, maybe the life’s work of some brilliant person. Now it would keep …
The Lawyer
There was a knock at the door, something I wasn’t expecting at this hour- or any hour really. My simple apartment was not the sort of place people visited. It was nothing special, nothing more than a kitchen/hallway, a bathroom, and the one main room which fulfilled all other functions, if only sort of. I’d …