All dressed up in their finest Ruffled dresses and sweet bow ties Shiny faces Good behaviours, what a surprise! They sat in their seats for circle time Parents watching on with pride They sang their songs with vigour And showed off their skills, never cried….

Embrace me, take me within you, consume me – Remind me how each heartbeat anchors me to reality Remind me how the finiteness of moments bellow testament to life Remind me how to breathe And cleanse me as I fly, staring off into the impossible…

Valkyrie’s Ballade (Valkyrie) ‘Master, your distrust is misplaced, For you are the whole world to me, Turning teacher to your student, A mind shrewd and gallant to see. Safe with you I lay, submissive, Your feisty weapon, thanks to thee.’ My plan sadly remains, our…

A new generation of summer’s heart, Heat wave on skin, Touch from within, Not complaining though, It is worth a thing. Happy thoughts of promise A never ending kisses A young hearts small wish, Good young, Forever bliss. . . . Writer: M.E. Flores Hour18,…

Flickering starlight Monsters lurk beneath the moon Devoured humans

Hour 17          Apartment Living     Mary Pecaut   My disgruntled neighbor lives under  the stairs. He might as well be  a basilisk ready to kill  with a single glare.   Or maybe he’s a sea serpent eager for war his…

DogSpeak #17 Picking Up Poop You say you spend half you life picking up poop and I ask why you want it. You sing Picking up poop bag on hand back cracks when I stoop picking up poop scoot while I collect your poo. I…

another deadbolt sliding keys jingling avoidant lover opens the door shuffles in but keeps eyes glued to the floor avoiding sudden movements I am the villain again and again I am the villain that breaks the silence daring to ask for conversation or even the…

dam & blast ahead : a narrow strait : dripping water : darkness : pale blue light : beyond : as if under neath : an endless ocean : forcing down : desiring only : to drown : anyone near : the wall whispers :…

Hi, my name is [screech cough cough gag] I am a cryptid a nocturnal shapeshifter many think I don’t exist but, um, hello, hi?   Welcome to my cave— urhm, do you mind taking off your shoes? Yes! That’s my comic book collection Have you…