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 [...]
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 [...]
Childhood
I know of a place.
A place where the wind
breathes The Beach Boy’s
Kokomo.
Where jet-black storm
clouds threaten
the horizon.
But never rain.
Where the aroma of
wet alfalfa clings to
nostrils.
Where a dozen
Collie puppies bark
pure
happiness.
Where kids leap from
car bumper to hoop rim
and get yelled at.
Again.
Where dad stumbles home
at sunrise and
it’s Wednesday morning.
Again.
Dear John
You are the one on the far left.
You are the one sitting lower than the others.
You look completely alone.
And not for that reason do I always choose you.
You are always the cleanest one.
Because the man-code says you can’t be used,
only if you’re the only open one.
But today, you have two strands of pubic hair
on [...]