It was a fix-up by friends who both thought they knew me but I was good at hiding my secrets my drug habit my lying my hatreds my four years away from my family while I was in the service two of which were on the base in town that no one knew I was there two I can’t...
Kuntz Day 2
Jungle Dreams 2
It was a fix-up by friends who both thought they knew me but I was good at hiding my secrets my drug habit my lying my hatreds my four years away from my family while I was in the service two of which were on the base in town that no one knew I was there two I can’t...
The 9th Grade Explusion
My eyes snap open, heart racing, head spinning. The room is still, dark and warm. No snoring, so I assume Jon is also laying awake. Intrusive thoughts swarm my mind, repeating the lines of text and seeing my son’s eyes welled while he stands unwavering. Suddenly my...
The Bargain
(This one is another reworking of themes I have been playing with, so some might seem familiar. Thanks! I've enjoyed this class!) The Bargain After the collision, when the dust is still swirling, there is a moment of haunted silence, suspended between what was and...
Jungle Dreams
It was a fix-up by friends who both thought they knew me but I was good at hiding my secrets, my drug habit, my lying, my hatreds, my four years away from my family while I was in the service, two of which were on the base in town that no one knew I was there, two I...
Hospice Care Suffers No Down Time
Clouds rake across the sky, my pancreas. A Chinese doctor says my pulse is dry, white. An exact description of the only wine I buy and suck down every night. I stick out my tongue. He nods and writes down notes I don’t care to decipher. He loads up a bag with tonics...
The San Miguel Valley Bank Robbery
As it is with so many bad ideas, the San Miguel Valley Bank Robbery began as just crazy talk. Drunk talk. Four cowboys, young and wild, had just been paid for a season of ranch work. Flush, itchy and untethered, what to do now? First, drink and talk shit. Then, drink...
Death and his Family
This is a bit long. Also, haven't really gotten the ending yet but wanted to post it at this point. Death and His Family Death’s wife Always apologizing to the members of the I Heart Books Book club. This time, Sally, whose husband folded over sudden and...
13 years
since the phone rang daily at 5pm since the card arrived on my birthday since the azaleas needed looking after since the stop at the library for large-print books mysteries mostly since the long cry after inspector morse had his fatal heart attack and we talked about...
Rolling Rs
The difference between perro and pero may not be life-threatening but dog and but are not the same. I’ve read Konstantin Stanislav Stanislavsky awoke every day and went straight to the mirror to fight his lisp. Late into his final year, almost 75, he rose and looked...
Day 2 Writing!
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Jungle Dreams 2
It was a fix-up by friends who both thought they knew me but I was good at hiding my secrets my drug habit my lying my hatreds my four years away from my family while I was in the service two of which were on the base in town that no one knew I was there two I can’t...
Jungle Dreams 2
It was a fix-up by friends who both thought they knew me but I was good at hiding my secrets my drug habit my lying my hatreds my four years away from my family while I was in the service two of which were on the base in town that no one knew I was there two I can’t...
The 9th Grade Explusion
My eyes snap open, heart racing, head spinning. The room is still, dark and warm. No snoring, so I assume Jon is also laying awake. Intrusive thoughts swarm my mind, repeating the lines of text and seeing my son’s eyes welled while he stands unwavering. Suddenly my...
The Bargain
(This one is another reworking of themes I have been playing with, so some might seem familiar. Thanks! I've enjoyed this class!) The Bargain After the collision, when the dust is still swirling, there is a moment of haunted silence, suspended between what was and...
Jungle Dreams
It was a fix-up by friends who both thought they knew me but I was good at hiding my secrets, my drug habit, my lying, my hatreds, my four years away from my family while I was in the service, two of which were on the base in town that no one knew I was there, two I...
Hospice Care Suffers No Down Time
Clouds rake across the sky, my pancreas. A Chinese doctor says my pulse is dry, white. An exact description of the only wine I buy and suck down every night. I stick out my tongue. He nods and writes down notes I don’t care to decipher. He loads up a bag with tonics...
The San Miguel Valley Bank Robbery
As it is with so many bad ideas, the San Miguel Valley Bank Robbery began as just crazy talk. Drunk talk. Four cowboys, young and wild, had just been paid for a season of ranch work. Flush, itchy and untethered, what to do now? First, drink and talk shit. Then, drink...
Death and his Family
This is a bit long. Also, haven't really gotten the ending yet but wanted to post it at this point. Death and His Family Death’s wife Always apologizing to the members of the I Heart Books Book club. This time, Sally, whose husband folded over sudden and...
13 years
since the phone rang daily at 5pm since the card arrived on my birthday since the azaleas needed looking after since the stop at the library for large-print books mysteries mostly since the long cry after inspector morse had his fatal heart attack and we talked about...
Rolling Rs
The difference between perro and pero may not be life-threatening but dog and but are not the same. I’ve read Konstantin Stanislav Stanislavsky awoke every day and went straight to the mirror to fight his lisp. Late into his final year, almost 75, he rose and looked...
Day 2 Writing!
Read all the Day 2 Posts Here