For The Taking

The only thing that’s bright is all the light that leaks through holes tore through the woodwork. It projects the damage onto the far wall. They took a shotgun to it, all of them, trying to get in and give the filthy thief a lesson in the ins and outs of fucking with the livid. […]

Solstice

There was a terrified kid in a tree and circled below him were three others and they were screaming they would kill him when he finally fucking fell, and they could reach. They shared a cigarette they found on some stone steps while they waited for their chance to lose their shit. A green caterpillar […]

Dawn

They were eaten by the Earth, and fell down its rocky throat with all the walls made out of blades uncleanly sharp. Without a single source of light the injured could not see their broken limbs and the echoes of their screams filled up the cave. She painted all her windows black sitting in a […]

Mesmerize

What gets on T.V. these days? Asked the broken man who just recently fell into town. Back before it seemed like we were just content with talking heads and cheap explosions made from pixels, or on a lucky day caught freshly in the wild. They speak to us like a giant child in a tone […]

Dog Days

Daylight like a distant fight, but the blows ring out as clear as candy winter. Blue sugar like a snowflake on a stick for them to hold against their tongues to keep from talking. The concept of fake snow doesn’t register when I mention it to them. They stop running their handsaws on the tree […]

Honcho

She tells us in her black dress that she used to be a little more intense. We rattle off our stories but the words we say just don’t make sense. Can you imagine what it must be like beyond this plastic house and picket fence? They try to tell her where she stands regardless what […]

Statement From An Arsonist

At the small town meetings they held by candle light, in the shed out by the pond where the judge had a cabin, there would always be a moment at the end where anyone could say what they were thinking. One night, after discussing the matters delivered from above, the town arsonist stood up and […]