Eve’s, dreams were of travel, but her penny pinching, soulless husband refused to waste money on such frivolity and despite her constant protestations refused to budge on this issue. Eve was stubborn, refusing to give up her dreams and determined to give it one more try by baking her husband’s favorite, apple pie, to temptContinue reading “Apple Pie”
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Petrified
Your swirling hair Beguiles Your beauty Transfixes Your presence Mesmerizes Perceived In the mirror Your reflection Sustains Issue from Your blood Takes flight To the stars Your head adorns A warriors shield. Who am I.
The Artist
They called him the hunchback who couldn’t get a dame, and laughed uproariously at their sardonic wit. Hugo accepted the jibes with humor, after all wasn’t God the greater jester, having missed the final brush stroke in his creation. Hugo had searched for his Esmeralda, but alas could find no beautiful muse to sooth hisContinue reading “The Artist”
Extracorporeal
I remember the moment of Alice’s breakthrough distinctly, because in her enthusiasm she spilled coffee all over my brand new health monitoring watch and I noted the time as I reached for a tissue, to remove the coffee stains. I remember the month and day of the breakthrough because it was my first day workingContinue reading “Extracorporeal”
Mice-capades
Jeremy exiting his class room seat, bumped into Stella sending her sprawling into Peter, causing triple embarrassment and Stella screaming at Jeremy “You clumsy elephant, watch where you’re going”, which resulted in the class trumpeting their amusement. So the name Clumsy Elephant stuck and whenever he entered the class Jeremy was greeted with trumpeting callsContinue reading “Mice-capades”
The Quest
Professors Morton and Stanley pored over the map, conferring earnestly on the possible whereabouts of Professor Livingstone. ” His last known coordinates were here, in this remote part of the jungle” intoned Stanley pointing with emphasis at the map. ” We need to find him before the government realizes he is no longer present atContinue reading “The Quest”
Time Travel
Professor Heidelberg’s theories on breaching the fabric of time were published in 2320 and by 2350 the first working model of a time machine based on Heidelberg’s equations was perfected. Soon after Heidelberg’s publication, a special committee of the World Council was convened to develop sound ethical guidelines in the use of time travel ,Continue reading “Time Travel”
Conflicted-2
I told Jonah to pack some clothes in a bag as I would be taking care of him now , at least till he was grown enough to stand on his own two feet. While he packed I washed his ma, found her prettiest dress and combed her tattered locks, ensuring she looked presentable forContinue reading “Conflicted-2”
Crossing the Line
Every evening ma would sit me on a stool, run her fingers lovingly through my hair, brushing with gentle downward strokes as she sipped from her bottle of Jack Daniels. She would tell me about my daddy, “Your daddy was the devil incarnate, raped me at fourteen behind Jed’s liquor store, would have been aliveContinue reading “Crossing the Line”