I lean against the shiny red sports car and discuss horsepower with Sparks, my mind filled with engine specs ( Read more... )

The nurse is muscular, pretty, and business-like as he removes Zacky's IV drip. About him is an air of measured sensitivity, an intense yet restrained compassion that has Zacky's complete attention.

I want you to promise me that the next time you feel like hurting yourself you'll call us.Zacky nods, enthralled and sincere, if only for the moment ( Read more... )

Consider a box.

Show the box to a dozen people and ask them to describe it in detail. You'll get a dozen different answers.

I seek therefore to know how other people see the box.

My million dollar idea: A hair salon called "I Will Cut A Bitch."

The money will POUR in.

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I sip a soft drink, listen to coworkers chat, and watch the man at the table next to me in the restaurant at the mall ( Read more... )

SonnetA day that started out quite plain and still ( Read more... )

I recline at the foot of his bed as he watches the animated series ( Read more... )

The frescoes on the cupola of the dome, replete with golden icons that twinkle faintly in the candle light, embrace the crescendoing chorus, imbue it with ethereal beauty, and cast it back down to us as if from a sublime host ( Read more... )

The fast food restaurant is quiet save for the distant humming and beeping of equipment in the kitchen. From a corner near the entrance I observe two high school boys who have stopped in for breakfast before class ( Read more... )

Zacky reaches for a dried red pepper on the corner of my plate, but Duder warns him off. Those are very hot, he explains. Zacky drops the pepper right away ( Read more... )