Birthday Girl
Today is my birthday. Not just any old odd-numbered anniversary mind, but the centenary. The big 100. Traditional congratulatory letter from the Queen…
The Company of Birds
I see the birds. They swoop in gentle arcs, all grace and streamlined elegance. In flight their voices remain mute. Once nestled on a rooftop here or a hesco…
The Song of the Sea
The silence got to me first. The darkness was nothing new. Space was dark, only punctate illuminations at an infinite distance. I rather liked that. The…
The Big Adventure
“Hey dork, it’s 2 in the afternoon. Why are you in a sleeping bag?” “Nuh-uh, it’s a submarine. I call it The Big Adventure.” “Big adventure, huh, in the middle…
Lightning Strikes
Call me crazy Call me smart Call me fun Or just a waste But as I dance in tears from a dark gray sky My heart beats faster than a drum Faster than the wisps…
17. Conclusion: My Dark Campfire
I *PILOT* my *FEAR* from *EARTH* to *MARS*, I hurtle through *SPACE* at the *SPEED* of *LIGHT* *SOCIETY* may *CALL* to me from afar; But I *RUN* through…
6. Powers of Communication; Powers of Imagination
*Test* your powers of imagination further, traveler. It doesn’t matter that you’re an apparition of my imagination now, settle down. Stay. I’ve no one else to…
4. I Laughed Myself Away
*Comedy* often makes us laugh, if it is done well. Curiously, so does a jolt of sudden fear, if it turns out that the shock was needless and especially if we…
3. The Origins of the Genders
*Mars* is said to be where men come from; Venus, where women come from. I don’t know where the others are supposed to come from. People refer to men and women…
2. Tantalus of the Telephone
*Isolation* lingers by me. I’m in a glass booth, surrounded by telephones. At least one of them begins ringing every 40 seconds or so. Sometimes many ring at…
Pilot
A pilot’s life doesn’t have many constants. It’s a lonely life; always flying from one place to another,but never stopping long enough to have real…
∞ Buy1n9 T1m3 ∞
CALL PROGRAM; BUYING TIME *Processing...* Image; >static frame >>grassy knoll >>>lofty trees encircle Father’s arm; >outstretched Flying disk; >hanging >>in…
Spiral
Blaise had died a year ago today. And it was all her fault, she told herself. After his death, she became a new person, a mere shell of the bold, outgoing girl…
Cost of Flight
Call me Old fashioned Melancholic Traditionalist Life is a soup Time flowing flowing flowing down down Caught in the current Awash in chronology We thrash bash…
Buying Time
CALL 1-888-BUY-TIME A static frame displays a grassy knoll encircled by lofty trees; a father with outstretched arms, a flying disk hanging in midair, a…
Weapons Training Guide
I am the *daughter* of a *society* on *Mars*. We live in *isolation*, fighting our way out of this dark *hole*, void of *Earth’s* *poetic* *technology*, such…
Space
I often find the word space humorous, because after all, we are all in space. There is a space between this chair here and that door. There is space for more…
Untitled Poem #7
Sometimes, the doctors that watch over me (sometimes from far, sometimes nearby) send me into the room in the corner. You know, the one with the padded walls…
All Alone With The Monsters
Dear Sis, _I know that I said I wouldn’t write again unless I was getting ready to do something drastic. Guess what? That time is now. I’ve had it with the…
Modern Crazy Cat Lady
I awoke from my slumber. My cellular device convulsed wildly atop the granite counter. It purred and hummed, flopping like a dying fish on an ivory dock. A…