Outlines

She’s like a glimpse of a rare sky on your way back from somewhere shitty and in a moment she’s rewritten your whole day. The power lines run over us humming through the quiet, and it is silent down the street where we could see. The drum kit in a passing basement was held back […]

Exchange

The sirens fog the yelling and the paper bags get all caught up in furious escapes between the automatic doors. The entrance way is chaos and the clouds are moving so fast it is like they are the film in the projector. They both know about the secrets and are waiting with their arms crossed […]

Burn Enough

A couple lived above the bar, but she was far off lost in distant sights. When they fought there would be dust that fell from the ceiling and sometimes even the lights would flicker slightly. She would wear her night gown in front of all the patrons to make him jealous as a consolation prize. […]

Pillars

A man and woman forage for food in a forest meant for bigger things. The colossal trees like pillars for the sky. Reaching into knot holes they pull squirrels out that they slam against the rocks. He carved her a squirrel out of wood as symbol of her infinite ferocity. The vines around them brushed […]

Pantheon

A family lost on either side sits apart and looks away at whatever they use to distract themselves on a boring day. The mother stares at color samples and holds them up against the wall. She wants the feel of something new spread out around her. The father reads a book on war the cover […]

Socket

I can’t see where the jokes end and the mockery begins. I always wanted to believe the best was possible. People moved like divers at the bottom of the sea pushing against the pressure in spite of all the dark. The grocery store became a collection of specimens to harvest, and the arcade in the […]

What’s Been Done

I’m afraid of what’s been done to all the others in the past. They’ve tried their best to keep me clear on all the stories. Burning the last tree on the hillside, a vulture watches closely how the flames spread up the bark and to the leaves. I’m taken back to where I am lost […]