In and Out of Darkness
Expressing to the other who they cannot bone, fuck, lick or kiss... Feels a little silly-- intrusive through the veils of what we’ve done before. Now we are…
Parasitic Sucking
Queer and raw, tongues touch away from the others’ mouths. Venn diagram disgraces find each other in the sea of sweat and flesh. And that’s what it is…
Resignation
Meg managed to land a kick on the blonde’s shoulder as she jumped out the window. She hit the ground running faster than she ever had, clenching her jaw and…
Petals Worth Shedding
Thumping through the air, petals performed an awkward dance. They turned over and flipped sideways and upways. Colors never complimenting, but differences are…
My triangle friend
My triangle friend thinks I’m taking the wrong path. With all of his pointed words, he spins around arrows in three directions. “Which should I go?” I ask, and…
Hivelings Pt. 4: Friends
Cassidy walked to the back and sat next to the catgirl. “Hey,” she said, nudging the sobbing feline. “What’s wrong?” “Hm?” The girl looked up, her teary eyes…
Narrow Escape
“Uh, Sally?” Sally turned to see her best friend, Cici, staring at her distended belly. “Yes?” Sally purred, crossing her arms. “No offense, but you look like…
Chuchip (part 3)
Chuchip shook the tears away until they retreated to the pit of his stomach. Ashkii laughed, “I plan on promising myself, too, soon. Maka... she’s pretty and…
Chuchip (part 2)
Only Chuchip’s closest friend knew of his secret hiding place. He found Chuchip there. “Chuchip, why do you cry so much?” “My sweet Ashkii, I don’t know why I…
Like the Moon Says No
The hum of wind in the rigging set Jacoby to singing, softly at first, “She’s a dandy lass, a dandy lass, I’ll kiss ‘er cheek and smack her...” Across their…
Who Couldn't Use a Friend
I’d had worse spills, though they were generally my own fault for trying something stupid. This was a little more bizarre. My mind ran through numbers, like…
(Day 50) Eric's Game
“Remember that time you said you wanted to play chess?” Eric approached me from across the park with an oblong box tucked firmly under his arm. His grin was…
(Day 21) Emotional Band-Aids
Some of the best memories I have of being in the service have nothing to do with the actual Navy itself. They have everything to do with the people I was…
Homebodies
“So, where have you been lately?” Robert asked them through mouthfuls of the chips and salsa they were sharing. “I think this is the first time any of us have…
Untitled Poem #17
When I find myself driving down an endless stretch of familiar and often taken roads, I will drum my fingers on the steering wheel, curse every red light, and…
33 Days
Is this what I’ve been waiting for? For you to appear almost out of nowhere, to charm your way through my thick defenses with nothing more than a handshake and…
35 Days
Your face flashed across my screen and for a moment, I couldn’t breathe. It was as if someone sucker punched me right square in the gut, but I didn’t mind it…
The Day After The End Of The World
A chance meeting occurred at a Christmas party where the food was artfully placed around the kitchen table and the tree stood proudly in the corner, lit up in…
Backspaced
I had everything I wanted to say written on scrap paper from an old journal. But you responded too quickly (“What?”) and I lost my grip on the paper. I…
White Noise
Hearing your voice through the crude speaker on this old telephone, I cannot hold it close enough, cannot press it to my ear any harder, as if this small…