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The Flowering Man
(Inspired by events written in Susan Kay’s novel Phantom) The blossoms, so tenderly cared for, lay in strangers’ hands. The most handsome were taken away by scavenging neighbors. The others were left to wilt and perish. How the buds flourished under the care of a somber man, a man simply trying to forget a boy-… Continue reading
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A Righteous Man Out of a Murderer
I killed Frankie Costello. My friends accepted the lie when I told them I couldn’t find him the night of the murder. My account was further validated when no one found him after that night. No one found him because I tossed his body from the Intracoastal Waterway Bridge in Eastern New Orleans. The Green… Continue reading
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Acrobats
Tiny trapeze artists Creating your own hanging bars By which you travel Eight legged acrobats No need for a catch net Performing your art Across my bathroom ceiling Continue reading
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A Cherub, Queen, Regrets, and My Obsession with Good Omens
Where do I start? I suppose with the cherub(s). The plural will explain itself later. Unfortunately, because of Hurricane Katrina, I only have a few pictures left of Jennifer Elaine. No photos left from our childhood, when she truly resembled a creation of Raphael himself. The artist that is, not the archangel. Three of us… Continue reading
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Achievment Attained: Zombie
New Orleans City Park the day prior to the Zombie Run 5K As those of you who’ve been with me longest know, my interests lean toward the macabre. I’ve been interested in horror films, books, and culture for as long as I can remember. My mother even tells stories of my napping in my toy… Continue reading
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Grave Digger
The folks here call me Grave Digger. I’ve been shoveling dirt here at St. Phillip’s for almost seventy years. Some of the folks here I know from town. Most of them I met after I started working here. It’s a good job. Pay’s decent. I don’t have a 401K or anything, but my work keeps… Continue reading
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Cursive Curse
Today I was speaking to someone about her son’s switching schools. She was explaining that she and her husband moved him from a public school to a private one. Apparently, the new school requires all of its students to write their classwork and homework in cursive. We discussed the necessity of learning cursive, or rather… Continue reading
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Haiku
Leech-like entwined Parasitical being Do not relinquish Continue reading
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If I Could Save a Time Machine In a Bottle
Time travel. The concept has titillated the minds of scientists and science fiction novelists for centuries. Assuming time travel were possible (some claim so) and that there would be no effect on the present or future from outside interference (time space continuum and all that), what would I do if there were a time machine at… Continue reading
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Ways Not to Impress Your New Boss
Decent work is scarce in today’s world. When upgrading from a not so great job to a better one, there are things that will not make a favorable impression on your new boss(es). Broadcast your upcoming employment at your current job, to the person who will be your next boss. This is not helping your… Continue reading
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On The Farm
Angola Louisiana State Penitentiary 17 June, 2005 Two lumbering spindly men in black suits sit on one side of a table in a frigid interrogation room. Both wear black Trilby hats. They have the whitest skin Vincent has ever seen. Dark blue veins are visible at their temples, on their hands, and around their eyes.… Continue reading
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