Taking Control (cont.)
“What, Mother!?” “Kelly, can we please just talk about this? “There’s nothing left to talk about Mom.” “Kelly you’re making a huge mistake! You cant just move…
Taking Control
Conversation between Kelly’s parents. “I am not going to stand here and let Kelly continue to see that boy! “Oh, let it go, Diane. They are two grown adults…
The Briefcase
I heard the garbled announcement from the street. I had to hustle if I was going to catch the 1 Train uptown. I bounded down the stairs past a man with a…
Not One for Drama
A cold sweat broke out on my forehead, though I had prayed it wouldn’t. The Two Bones thugs shifted so their group squared off against the Red Thumbs fellow…
Pomp and Oh Well
Let there be cannons. Cue the acrobats and firebreathers. Bring on the vaudevillians and trubadours to artfully tell the tale of my life. Send the funeral…
Crisis
Naren watched the sun sink against the dull grey waters of the Narmada, lost in his own thoughts as their motor car sped along. Bhikhu, the driver slowly…
Steampunk City
I looked around me, various cogs, bolts and other mechanical equipment surrounded the entire area, the thick smell of oil flooded the streets as I gasped for…
Bill...- Don’t Mess With The Man With A Gun
The sound of bullets ripping through the ceiling shocked the entire bank. Bills voice boomed coinciding with the bullets...”Get down, give me what I want and…
The Pagliacci (5)
That night there are two inspectors in the camp. I sit alone. I am approached. “I am Petruccio.” “And I am Festus. We are investigators.” I already know. “Did…
The Pagliacci (4)
I am miserable. The audience laughs. Misery is always humorous when it is not your own. I am misunderstood. My words are my lines, my lines are the act. They…
The Pagliacci (3)
Tonight we drink. Misery drowns quickly in wine and merriment. Lotario, no longer peddling his tickets, lies drunk on a couch. Feruccio dines but does not…
The Pagliacci (2)
I step out into the ring. Words that once stuck in my throat now spill out. Truth can be a miserable lie to perform. “Why do I mourn?” The audience holds its…
The Pagliacci (1)
I am Pagliacci, the buffoon. “Bravo! Bravo!” The audience shrieks in delight as Feruccio the Acrobat leaves the ring. Signore Gasparo steps into the center…
Sing and Cry
Mary was humming a song. Her mother liked to sing that song, and Mary didn’t know that was the song her mother sang at her wedding. Mary’s parents’ song…
Regretting
“How could you?” He asks, his voice shaking in pain. I close my eyes, letting the tears drizzle down my eyes, “I did it because I love you.” My voice is barely…
Rock The Boat
“Do you like being wrong?” Claud said with as little disdain as he could muster. His eyes stayed focused on the woman in front of him. His breathing was calm…
Burning Bridges
Of course there was never the intention of harming anyone. Sometimes things escalate and the result is a whirlwind of destruction. Anything in its treacherous…
Dramatic As She Is
The two children, a boy and a girl in the throes of adolescence, sat on the green grass and let their bare toes dangle into the gurgling creek. She smiled, “My…
Pretend To Hate You
The door creaks as I slowly shut it, kissing goodbye to memories I will soon forget. As I walk away from the photos, and tip-toe down the stairs, suitcase…
The new world
The jolt and shudder of the craft touching down woke him abruptly. The rubber on stone producing a small shriek of resistance to the arrival of the visitors…