Interlaced

Sitting around the campfire like different planets around the sun, they took their turns then passed the gun. The hammer kicked back like the jab of a praying mantis, and still they squeezed the trigger. A small pond surrounded by white trees with red leaves, dehydrated hearts hung from thin branches. The edge of a […]

Falling Short Of Summer

Filling silence at the expense of hours of sleep. The floorboards in the hallway all groan when you walk across them. Dragging a red marker across the dead wall of her old school, she remembers what it felt like to stand in line. The bushes are full of worms wrapping themselves in shrouds to become […]

The Opossum

An infinity shaped beam out of the headlights lit the way during the last few turns back into the apartment complex parking lot. You couldn’t see too far due to the fogging plastic around the waning filaments, but far enough to make the maneuvers with confidence. At work you were told by a coworker about […]

Across The Sky

Plans of inaction line the path like stone statues of apes each depriving themselves of a specific sense. We have our own giants in chains beneath the earth, and their freedom is dependent on our capacity for conflict and violence. Inventing new futures using scraps from the past. Like a philosophical junkyard with no care […]

Over The Sea

Water dripping off the gutters makes a random rhythm that amplifies their thoughts. They hold the cold cans in their bare hands so tightly they are numb enough to vanish. Mud coating their shoes, walking paths on cloudy days, when the rain only falls at night. The tracks left by the dogs are like small […]

Interstate Stand Still

Congested highways with half built bridges give way to folding chairs, and people too restless to stay in their cars. The weeds on the edge of the highway wrap around each other and the insects fly around them like they’re drunk. Tying up their dogs by feeding their leashes through rusted holes eaten through their […]

Cool Knives

Sporadic trees grow between houses, and on the roadside, mostly just making shade and shelter for the birds. Kids climb them sometimes, and usually they fall, but it’s never bad enough to warrant stopping it. Their mothers drink lemonade with small portions of vodka mixed in and watch them carefully through that small gap above […]