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Another One Rides the Bus
Sorry for the lapse. Was out of town for a bit and I know, no excuses. Here's a rough little ditty I thought of on the bus this morning.
Re-Berth
The bus was late again. I almost decided to walk back to my apartment and hop in my car, but I remembered that I had no gas and no money to buy enough gas to get to work, so I stuck it out and waited for ( Read more... ) -
Haiku
Uninspired
Blank screen before me
Cursor blinks, impatient
Words stuck in my head
Meld
Butt cheeks are numbing
Desk chair is like quicksand
From which I can't leave
Hunger
Oatmeal for breakfast
Leafy salad for lunch
Give me a doughnut!!
Departure
Five o'clock is nigh
To the train I must go
Freedom is at hand!
Procrastinate
Manuscript calls me
Can't seem to get to ( Read more... ) -
Dinner Party
(This one is rough - as most of my really short stories do, it started as a quick concept and then started to grow into something I actually wanted to spend more time on. I will have to come back to revise and add to this one in the future, but for now, here it is, as is.)
Dinner Party
I awoke on the cold, marble floor of a hall so grand in scale I ( Read more... ) -
Equinox
(Not my best effort, but it's a kickoff ( Read more... ) -
Languisuing on LJ
So I have this great LJ page and I've not used it in over a year. I do most of my rambling over at Blogger on Playtime At Hazmat. But I got to thinking that perhaps I should have a page where I just write my very own fiction - no updates on my cat and what he's chasing, no what I had for dinner while watching reality TV last night, no goofy videos ( Read more... ) -
Original post, altered
UPDATE - March 20, 2008
This was my first post on LJ posted over a year ago on January 25, 2007, with some nonsense about how I was going to use this page for short stories ... uh, yeah. OK. But this time I mean it. Really!! :-)
Here is the first short story posted on this LJ on 1/25/07:
Broken Wings
I should be halfway to Los Angeles by now.
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