I know this guy who is wandering lost in the modern world. He has desires. He has dreams but his dreams fall victim to the noise of every day life, drowned out in the din. …
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a time of magic
He walked up to the roof of the hotel to get some fresh air and watch the night sky turn to dawn. The time between dusk and dawn is meant to be a time of…
poor human heart pounding
Poor human hearts pounding everywhere, lying in their beds, walking their dogs, worrying about their future, dwelling on how their life took a wrong turn as they ride the bus to work in the morning. …
the ugly one
She was the ugly one. The guys never wanted the ugly one. She sat and watched her beautiful blond-haired blue-eyed bombshell of a friend garner all the boys’ attention. They had no idea what they…
june
We kissed briefly, and only once, by the same fence where I almost got struck by lighting.
my Gucci underwear
I want to impress my girl with my new Gucci underwear. I race to the bedroom and get undressed before she makes it to the top of the stairs. She spends a half an hour…
i had to let her go
She smells like onions. It turns me on. I can tell by the way she walks that she has been walking through her daddy’s fields. I had to build up the courage to ask her…
young and free
She is young. She is single. She has no ties. She could up and leave at a moments notice. She could travel the world if she wanted to. Every day she sits in the same…
the dreamer
Buddy is bored with his life. Working at the local Office Max sucks. All he does is make copies for people and stacks shelves. He only took the job because his mom threatened to kick…
will the real me please pour me a pint
So this is what it’s like to be dead. Well not dead exactly, more like I don’t exist anymore. Yesterday I was thinking of re-inventing myself, but somehow I went a little too far and…
first time
He would come for her she knew. He was a sweet boy, innocent in a naughty kind of way. But she liked them like that, unspoiled, eager to know a girl in a carnal way…
The consequences of a kiss
Words are innocent. They stand neutral until people get in the way hiding connotations between inflections, meaning between gestures. “I’m going to ask you to do something for me,” she said, “but you can’t ask…
death’s other kingdom
If I thought that I were making Answer to one that might return to view The world, this flame should evermore cease shaking. But since from this abyss, if I hear true, None ever came…