Writing
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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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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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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