“Please, don’t shake that. Please, please just put it down…” His bewildered tears, her pain-dyed self, folded downward, to the… Read more ash globe
Tag: surreal
hush (part five)
His heart obeyed. Rather automatically – hushing as he so carefully tore a little more, reluctantly disturbing the perfect roundness,… Read more hush (part five)
“…namesake out of reach…” her father used to call her the little diving girl. a misheard lyric. like her, she felt. (part three)
She was so happy she finally had her driver’s license. But she wasn’t going to drive around looking for things… Read more “…namesake out of reach…” her father used to call her the little diving girl. a misheard lyric. like her, she felt. (part three)
ellipsis (part two)
Staring at the blank page he wondered about the tiny tear, (it was perfectly round), and how it got there.… Read more ellipsis (part two)
Assiduous Respiratory Therapy (take two)
She drew back the curtains with all the care that wasn’t in the world. She had to keep trying. To restart… Read more Assiduous Respiratory Therapy (take two)
anamnesis (revisited, no pun intended)
pebbles in knees blood drips in degrees depending on motion and height of the trees in ways so undaunting and… Read more anamnesis (revisited, no pun intended)
olio
Her fingers were sticky from the grapes she could not stop eating, but really, it was the reminiscing. She wasn’t… Read more olio
chapter 51 or something
He came through the door and she wasn’t surprised. Whenever she was struggling to arrange her alphabet, he would appear.… Read more chapter 51 or something
No One is Around, pt 1 of 2
“Can we just lie here for a moment? She knows what to do and it’s so much easier to make… Read more No One is Around, pt 1 of 2
Safer Ground, pt 2
no one is around (part one) She didn’t say anything. Why wasn’t she saying anything? But she had. She just… Read more Safer Ground, pt 2
map
Her breath pliable, she crouched down in that corner, the one that didn’t fit like a glove. Her movements were… Read more map
the tears, like that sky, were blue,
balmed in a constant, gentle stream. Filled with achingly quiet strength, healing purpose. Vibrating with the tenor of a generation. He… Read more the tears, like that sky, were blue,
Assiduous Respiratory Therapy
She drew back the curtains with all the care that wasn’t in the world. It was the only way she knew… Read more Assiduous Respiratory Therapy
pilgrim
Now the dune crescendoed right in front of her. Had she climbed it? What side was she on? Did it… Read more pilgrim
you’ll never be home
It was the first time she had come back to his space. They walked into the room where he didn’t do… Read more you’ll never be home
sometimes two darks make a light
he wore his strobe light to precise his own sight incising surreal into a savoury byte she wore lightning… Read more sometimes two darks make a light
parting ways
“I thought it only fair to warn you, but the baby will come at dark. And you know how they… Read more parting ways
