It has been years, I know–
They came again, those damned milky clouds, rolling in to swallow the sun, and they dropped that damned rain over our heads, over our hearts, over, and over again. I thought of escape, but couldn’t leave. I couldn’t abandon my home, my life, to the endlessness of March and the rain that comes, again and again. (more…)
Twenty-three years of swimming against the apathy of societal norms had pressed me to a precipice. It was another sunny day in California. There was the smell of fresh cut grass and the sound of children laughing as they splashed in the pool. I could feel the heat of the sun on the back of my neck like the excitement that was burning in my soul. I had been married for three months to the girl with the far away eyes: far away from ordinary, far away from tame. (more…)
First Date: we
meet we
talk we
click
Second Date: phone call ‘come
to my house to
see a scary movie’click
I’m not so young – I know this trick
click cluck
I hop in
(This is an excerpt of a one-act play)
CHARACTERS
GLADYS, co-host and mother
ALICE, host
CHLOE, Gladys’ daughter, eight years old
Act One, Scene One
A bed sits stage right in a dimly lit room. CHLOE lies with the covers pulled tight under her chin. Her face is illuminated. A loud, deep rumbling sound, like a giant footstep is heard.
CHLOE Hello?
The sound becomes a loud slavering noise, like snorting and chewing, followed by another rumbling step.
CHLOE Hello? Who’s there? Mom?… Mom?
A horrible roar resounds. Lights out. (more…)
I love that you said ‘I feel solid
with you’ because I’m feeling like waves
my mind and my body are swirling I’m swept off my feet and you’re plum
punch and sap
crash (more…)