In spite of the barely-breathing levels of support for the war (commonly referred to as the Bible Belt), we're still blowing holes in the sand and ruining the lives of people who endure far more than we can even begin to fathom. We've thrown them into a full-blown civil war. The sad thing is that most Americans haven't a clue that the majority of ( Read more... )

After what seemed like ages of sitting and staring idly into the godless face of a computer monitor, he had fully convinced himself that a strong enough notion could cause his body to dematerialize. Although the sensible inch within his brain was fully convinced of the impossibility of such a stunt, the rest of him had long since abandoned ( Read more... )

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Through a forrest near the town
Lies an ancient battle ground
Strewn with relics of a war
Fought a thousand years before

In an instant, I pull a universe from the dirty underside of my fingernail. I wag my tongue at the outcome of what I knew to be a bad idea or an uncanny lie. Certain sorts of lies feel far more true than the most shining examples of validity, particularly when strong emotions are involved. Shine on, dear sun, and set upon me when the time has ( Read more... )

How informative of you to bless me with your condescending bullshit. Well, doctor, the boards of my emotional and physical structure seem to be swelling, warping, splintering, collapsing far too quickly for any repair. Riaper. Raper. Repar. I seem to have cut a part of my hand, but I can't locate the source of the bleeding. It can't be more ( Read more... )

Hesitantly, she moves around me ( Read more... )

I sometimes find myself wondering whether these tremors and chills are due to actual cold or some clairvoyant reminiscence of a time less warm ( Read more... )

The dull motions exhibited by the ceiling fan directly overhead gave me a touch of the divine similar to a time when Jesus once placed his hands upon my body in a healing yet inappropriate manner. Clocks ticked slowly throughout the building, counting down to the very moment of my soul's departure. However, on this seventeenth floor, my quivering ( Read more... )

raindrops like pebbles colliding with the cracking caps overtly sheltering our minds ( Read more... )