Speaking to the gods We had a long talk the other day – the gods and me. I thanked them for my good life, and they said they had no…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Pig
future
I asked a palmist for my future. Looking at her, I asked impolitely, “What do you mean ‘used up?” She replied, “You married flowers.”
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Pig
Dream Lover
Dream Lover as if in a dream sliding off a silver moonbeam you come and lay down by my side – you touch my bare shoulder, wash my back with…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Pig
Drama
Drama In our small world we create drama to others – curiosity to the world – unnoticed.
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Nighthawks, Chapter 4
Story Number Two * * * * * Nighthawks – Chapter 1 When you wish hard enough for something, you might get it. It was getting late, and I moved…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Nighthawks – Chapter 3
Angry, I pulled away from her and looked down the bar for my safe bet laughing with another leftover. Turning to my palmist, I asked impolitely, “What do you mean…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Nighthawks – Chapter 2
Nighthawks-Chapter 2 While waiting for her reply, the last call bell broke the silence, and the “leftovers” raised their brown stained fingers from the water-marked bar for one more. Downside…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Nighthawks
When you wish hard enough for something, you might get it. It was getting late, and I moved over to a barstool to tell her that I was in the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Broken Wings
Broken Wings You can find these people with broken wings who were once angels but flew too close to the ground touched the earth with tips of their wings and…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Incomplete
When I think of painting you, I think of dust and roses tossed into a confetti starred night. We should all remain incomplete for someone to apply the next brush…