Hansel and Great stayed out all night. And the next one, and the next. Their parents scoured the forest for signs but returned with only a mystery: How could children vanish into the evening like phantoms in the fog? The search parties passed the witch’s…

  Frogs. Raincoat, steam percolating. Evening tomatoes, jars. Children elbow: mystery.  

  Here’s what happens when the poles shift Negative and positive recombine Magnetism reverses As it does pretty regular in geologic time, Which didn’t mean much to us last go. But oh, the wailing on the wind this time! You might be able to use…

John Lennon wrote, “She’s so heavy,” and suddenly, in the middle of the refrain, she was. As though Jupiter broke free, soared past the moon capturing the earth in its wake. In an instant, 9.8 m/s^2 ramps to 12.7 m/s^3, 12.7^4 m/s^10, 12.7^4^4 m/s^10^2 and…

There once was a planet called earth Where humankind at one time was birth Then they eat of the wisdom That showed them the Kingdom And now everyone knows their own worth jj2017

To never need to eat again or drink or ingest oxygen. No death required, of any kind, to feed any, all life forms. It was the day consumption died. Many freaked out, how would they make a living or what would they do with their…

Prompt Twelve This is my last prompt and I got stuck on the word count and couldn’t come up with anything to write. So, I checked the random prompts from previous years and one came up suggesting I use at least five of the eight…

      Jaded a bit, I know. Certainly there are benefits to human dates No dog can fulfill. Certainly, no human date should ever feel Expected to be my dog. Yet I sleep better with Comfort and company, Warmth and breath, heartbeat and Dream…