§ luna plena
Focus on the bright glow of the moon; against the black flatness of night the light of your starry lies dim to pinpricks in comparison. To your eye at least.
pyrrhicv
35 stories written on Ficly, 2012–2013, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0. Their page on ficly.com
§ self delusion is not an optical illusion
A faint outline. A tense swell beneath the smooth fall of fabric. Under that carelessly pressed blouse I saw I saw I saw what I saw, what can only be, must be…
§ if it ain't broke don't fix it
a three-legged table with a fancy cloth tossed over shyly hiding the blemish; artfully placed lightings and beautiful table settings draw attention away from…
§ fallow ground
The tree of lies you grew, just got taller and taller, till its shadow towered so high over us till we could no longer not know. It was a rather impressive…
§ a parade of blue animals
I cracked open my notes recently, Vectors III & IV, I think, and found this scrap of doodles, drawn when bored, and most likely high, delirious on the lack of…
§ raise my glass (in apology)
Like hell I would know that about you. But to hazard a guess, I’d say the blood of babes and the tears of enemies. That isn’t very fair of me, is it? (someone…
§ turn passcode off
Pandora was told not to open the box, Bluebeard’s wife was told not to open the locked door. You were never told, but should have known, not to open that…
§ why is a raven like a writing desk?
This is the last photo I have from when we were still (I daren’t say it) - You and me, cosy in the frame, the lights dim and picture blurry like a memory. Eyes…
§ le point zero
This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. This article does not reflect the thoughts or opinions of…
the earth is round
in the beginning there was god. now this god with a small ‘g’, he liked circles. (there are three circles in ‘god’.) (god + a circle is ‘good’.) (circles are…
what if
Once, there was a boy in a tower who fell for the moon. He loved it as little boys were wont to, obsessively. While his father studied the birds’ flight, he…
they say
“A picture paints a thousand words” but nobody ever writes a thousand words on that wee bit of paper that hangs next to every portrait. (Ehe, touché!)
sorry to say your essay sucks
So young so idealistic, most of all too simplistic. Read only a paragraph but it made me tick. Despairing, I tried to help, but all I did was slash red…
C18H13ClFN3 is the drug of choice
I. Some facts and then other events that never occurred: I met some knights the other night. Amour polished to a sheen, their brains, not so much. They were…
shake me up
Someone do earthquake poems with me because I feel like I’m slowly withering away drying up, my fountain of youth, creativity, tapped up and empty. I don’t…
Age 30
To actually live to 30, you develop a certain sense for when the air raids will hit. There’s a more or less standard sequence of events leading up to the Big…
people
Some I have not loved and so lost Others I loved and hence lost Several I love and lost anyway; To those I love and have yet to lose – stay.
fraidy cat
a conversation (monologue) with two who’ve been there, done that: papa says study hard then next time be lawyer, earn big money mama says _don’t anyhow think…
dial 6 for two masochists
six for the devil, for the years I’ve known you, fiery brimstone and eternal damnation hurt doled out in (not quite) equal measure oh sweetheart, don’t…
birthday candles
the 11:11 of every year 1 chance to make a wish just 1; make it count - close your eyes visualize it in big block letters let your breath kiss the candles out.