Just around the corner near the yellow lamppost There’s a red brick house with a sign on the top “Welcome”, it says, “to The Free Hope Shop” I’ve been there often when I couldn’t fall asleep There’s an old lady behind the counter Reading a…

Our girl was a preemie, a twin bereft of her sister before their life outside of me could even begin. She was tiny, an elfin child, with delicate features, large eyes, and thin limbs, seeming to exist between worlds. She spoke of strange things no…

The verdict is not out. It is not necessarily a zombie virus but it might as well be. Is it strictly respiratory? It can cause strokes and cardiac complications? In the elderly, babies, and the youth? What do we believe? Do we wear the fashionable…

Imaginary lovers Never turn you down my private pleasure Midnight fantasy my Wildest dreams Imaginary lover anytime Imaginary lovers, oh yeah ordinary lovers lose their thrill Imagination’s unreal Imaginary lover, imaginary lover mine anytime satisfaction guaranteed Imaginary lover, imaginary lover mine all the time imaginary…

This day belongs to me. I will not share it. I will not cook or clean. I will not go to work. If I shut the door today, it is okay. If I ask you to figure it out yourself today that is okay too…

prompt 23 hour 23   Arthur   I don’t remember when he first came to talk to me in mirrors, or when we would play cards or at dinner time when I would beg my mom to set him a place at table so he…

People are different all the time and I hope you are better than most of them Love them Massage them Pamper them Calm them They are not satisfied and they treat you as footmat Understanding people is a difficult game to master and since I…

The first fallen snow paved the way to untypical sameness, to her house, one visible spot in the darkness, he payed a visit and asked for permission to drop in often (his absence was caused by a flu not soften). From time to time she…

I imagine monsters in human form coming from my head but I yell them away, and they run I chase but they keep looking back they are ready for me to be afraid like I was the first time I won’t allow it they are…

24 Poems: “The Dinner Party”   Leftovers   We all stood in wide circle The last toast of champagne The evening went as quickly As the teasing champagne   I helped with the jackets And offered Tupperwared portions And any wine That was sitting in…