RULES OF LIFE FOR THE TIMID AND FRIGHTENED
1. Plod forward. 2. Ask for nothing. 3. Bother no one. 4. Be nice.
1. Plod forward. 2. Ask for nothing. 3. Bother no one. 4. Be nice.
Presentation Some commotion. Enough to be noticed. Small crowd gathering in front of the cottage at the edge of the shire. The door to the cottage open for the first time in collective memory. “There’s a tunnel below, that’s what.” “Naw, a burrow to the back, I heared tell.” “Be it cakes or bread, one […]
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The Car Payment and the Poet A car payment paced back and forth in the vastness of an abandoned steel mill while shouting obscenities and waving its arms. Calmly observing this behavior from her perch on rusty debris was a poet. “Hold fast to time!” called the poet. “What’s that supposed to mean?” said the […]
“Look at this. A nice wall ruined by kids with too much time on their hands.”
“FORM RANKS! ROLL CALL!” The sheets of paper flew into formation, six rows, four deep, except for the unfortunate gap at row four, position three. The 50% cotton content watermarked sergeant major failed to notice the gap as he roared out the quire’s roll. “Wilma!” “Yo!” “Clive!” “Yo!” The call and response went smoothly until […]
a. ocean b. river c. lake d. stream e. waterfall f. geyser g. rain h. waxed lips i. brook j. pond k. rapids l. pool m. mist n. creek
“Well, I suppose we’ll have to put up with the stench.”