In Search of a Meaningful Moment
Two zebra-striped Angelfish bobbed upside-down on the water’s surface. Their exposed silver bellies reflected the light of the florescent white and blue bulbs that hung under the fish tank’s canopy. He walked over to the tank, pulled the lid open and sighed. There were no more fish.
Great, he thought to himself as he dipped the net into water, now I won’t be able to sleep tonight either.
Lately, he’d dreamt of silhouetted, humanoid figures that rode oil-spill-black horses and chased him endlessly through impossible labyrinths, until he awoke, gasping and covered in nightsweats, to an empty bed and silent cell phone. It had been forty years since he’d had nightmares as vivid as these.
They were, however, the very last thing he needed at the moment.
New piece of mine! It’s the first play I’ve ever written and I’m actually happy with the results.
I tried to paste this piece into the page but it was going to take too much work on my part to format it in HTML. So here it is in PDF format. It does contain [...]
The night is an obnoxious 87 degrees.
My fan spins on its lowest setting inside my window.
Other windows are open down the alley.
A fuzzy guitar melody streams out of one of them,
it’s out of place.
A man encourages and then congratulates his shitting dog.
A woman’s shriek echoes playfully from the outdoor pool.
The [...]
The Reptilians Are Amongst Us!
My eyes are closed. I sit cross-legged atop a comfortable pillow. I’ve sat in this position for forty-five minutes now. Isn’t this what those yogis call the lotus position? Not sure. Somehow it’s the least of my concerns right now. My forehead rests agreeably in the palm of my right hand. [...]
I’ve moved three times in my adult life. Each time it was easily the biggest hassle I’ve ever been through. Nothing takes more planning, timing and people-coordination than moving all of your belongings from one spot to the next. Getting your crap into the new place is only half the battle, of [...]