Fiction & Poetry
Category
The Trickle-Down Effect
The cloud from Danielle’s vape enveloped the inside of her car like a Saharan sandstorm.
Enslaved Dreaming
I want to be the master’s daughter
walking past these fields.
Not Us, Not Plant or Animal
I am in the front seat. I am always in someone’s front seat.
What’s Your Damage? / Remember / Tracing Paper
you want stain
without white
From My Driveway
I live at the edge of the ghetto.
break down
I’m a temp at this place called Ogness Dexum. Weird name. Not sure of the significance.
The Nightmares of Old Silverback
Old Silverback sees her face, the one he’s forgotten, when she resurfaces in the news.
Leavin’ Springersville
Po’ Bobby Sue, she’s so in love;
Her Bubba’s all she’s thinkin’ of—
Tonight, they’ll dance an’ drink red wine.
It’s prom night, 1999.
violent night
mind shatters / surface breaks and flows / imaginary interior flowing out /
The Human Rights Guy
I was tooling around the neighborhood of the world famous Dresden restaurant on my bike on Vermont Street (just left of Hollywood –– or just right if you’re upside down, which most people in Hollywood are)