A home twice removed |
A house for a man with not a penny to his nameThis moribund man shadowed by the fameOf a reclusive father with a penchant for spiritsFriends idly chat saying We know it, He hears it'sOld Ben Murdoch w...
Posted by Bear on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:22:00 PST |
First Rendition |
With both heavy legs and a heavy heart he carried himself through the sun and shine. Down pathways never before trodden. With every step he kicked up the red earth, inhaled it, settled it in his lungs...
Posted by Bear on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:22:00 PST |
Lo and Behold |
My pa once said to me 'Son, Kill them all, and let God sort them out.' I have never killed a woman and her child before, but this night....well thi...
Posted by Bear on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:11:00 PST |
Loose Lips Sink Ships |
She was blasphemous without a doubt. She was sensational to a fault. She was the love of my life and I killed her. We sat in the church steeple wat...
Posted by Bear on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:34:00 PST |
Beau Rubidoux |
Beau can't fight off the sinking feeling buried deep within his gut. The desperation of a desperate man will drive him to desperate things. He buries his weathered face in equally weathered hands. The...
Posted by Bear on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:44:00 PST |
S’il vous plait |
Benoit sits in the crushed velvet booth tipping back day old coffee. The stale taste lingers on the back of his tongue masking any other food to play upon his senses. Sunlight dances across his table,...
Posted by Bear on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:30:00 PST |
For friends neither nor there |
Sister Benevolent perches upon my stoop day in and out. Clad in churchly garb, braving the sunshine and heat of a mid-summer's day. She fingers a rosary muttering incantations and various prayers. She...
Posted by Bear on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:26:00 PST |
