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I di’ ‘int!
Jeremy said he hadn’t noticed after I apologized this morning for yesterday’s erratic behavior. Now, if neither Scott nor Bernie nor Kristen noticed, I shall be duly amazed. I quite recall, through the tunnel of semi-comprehension, Scott and Kristen at least staring at me with furrowed brows, their heads cocked to the right . . . or… Read more
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Peril of Personality
I’ve crawled on hands and knees across the gray, gelatinous floor, being careful not to slosh the fluids beneath my palms, knees and toes for fear of the sound it might make. The wall, too, is made of a spongy, pitted tissue and slightly gives way as I carefully scoot my back up against it:… Read more
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Contorting
Standing in the fading light in the farthest bedroom in the house, I was talking to DSII, but then came to realize that the silhouette in the dusk was not DSII, just a boy his height and build with eyes that looked a little too flat and glowed a little too much as the day… Read more
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Anything goes
“Wow,“ he sits on the edge of the bed staring forward. “Yeah,” says the other. “She is PISSED!!!” “Uh-huh.” They don’t look at each other when they talk, staring instead directly forward at a silhouette pacing, pacing, pacing. “You know, it’s the law of things, if you’re too nice you get taken advantage of,” says… Read more