EFFECT

Why must be a cause to affect  Yet a cause leads to an effect How is this effective English what sort of pretention are you affecting

In Praise of Small Town Stores

An abandoned storefront sits sadly on the main street of a small town. The spread of chain stores has robbed America of individuality. Box stores beat out neighborhood merchants leaving the country impoverished of creativity and courage. A skyscraper does not have the heart of…

Random Prompt (11)

“All I knew was that I wanted to spend New Year’s Eve with you” What happened to that woman? What happened to the woman who leaned over the table and whispered “you look beautiful tonight” What happened to the woman who said “I’m going to…

Damnation

Lost my first poem Freestyle Looking for Saw to still be playing Somewhere countywide Guess not, need cable, just local channels And computer links Antebellum with not enough volume So rethink going to the theater Maybe I’ll just stay in Wait for my brother to…

Feed Us

Jones BBQ. Shack house. On Fifth Avenue. Where they all. Buy, Them. By, Plates.

She trudged through the muck her gumboots buried in slurping filth with each step a jar of sourdough starter tucked under her arm the lifeblood to feed the next generation her heart beat at a mouse’s rate as she thread the needle through thick and…

Hour 9 – Price Tag

This too shall pass, people often say to make you soldier on with a smile so you plough on don’t complain chant it as your soul drains. It is fire that molds a metal brick into a sword but you forget that the brick loses…

Clean

Molds on the walls. Bleaching the cleaning filters. To wipe. Them, All away.