Procrastination
This is yet another distraction. A sideways thought trailing off from my intended destination. It is past midnight. I won’t leave until this is done. The work…
Xod
“Asserting one’s stance on the notion of absolute reality seems to evoke Xod. In humanity’s most severe moments of comfort-greed, the conceptual urge builds a…
Surrounded, Alone, and Dirty
A rotund figure righted from his work and tucked his chin to let a rolling, rumbling emanation escape his gullet. He paused, then drawled, “Mmm, Fritos, Dr…
1:15, 115º
I’m standing under an awning, but the sun radiates from the concrete with searing intensity. I casually flip my marker between the inky fingers of my right…
Limousine
Jerry held the railing at the top of the stairs, doubled over and gasping for breath. After several minutes, he stood up and looked about. The city was…
The stairs
Jerry ran. The platform swayed and moved in impossible, incomprehensible ways around the oblivious commuters. The stairs no closer after each stride than they…
The Morning Nightmare
I walked across the dingy carpet of the lobby and down the ill-lighted hall. My coworkers passed by, each flashing a quick smile or giving a subtle wave. The…
Just another day at work
I settle into my office chair, the hydraulics sighing happily as the seat adjusts to my familiar frame. My fingers swiftly strike the keyboard, the patterns of…
Staggering Minutes
The minutes stagger by, slowed by my perception and vain desire to make them run. They glance at me, a confused stare dominating their faces. I deeply know…
Work, Eat, Sleep...Repeat.
He limps into the office, his soul lagging behind like an unwilling child on a grocery run. One arm, then the other slipped into the pin-striped straight…
Adventures of a Department Store Associate: Take 2 More Shifts
Old sentiments are becoming true once again! The unruly Kingdom has degraded to almost evil Empire status, sad to say. Unwanted pieces of cloth are now tossed…
The British White Bookstore
Heads up, said Sarah, we had something strange. Marguerite nodded slowly. We worked at a bookstore with big white cows drawn on its sign. Sarah explained…
Sunday
6:13 Sunday morning: the girls are up and in their usual rough manner are shaking me awake. Lazily I open one eye. Mo-om, we are hungry and thirsty. I hear him…
Blizzard
It wasn’t often that the winter sky glowed with lightening flashes. She thought this blizzard would be like the last “blizzard”. But this one started only…
Modern Life
Ted found himself increasingly turned off by the responsibilities that came with adulthood. Making rent, paying bills, spending one’s days in servitude to a…
Di Di
They call her Di Di Friends do that is I wasn’t her friend I was her co-worker She was work hot-- Good looking by comparison To the rest of the staff She was…
A Man of Few Words
Peter looked up from his desk when he saw Mike walk by. “Feeling better are you?” Mike – who had missed the past two days of work – replied with a grumbled…
A Step Away
He closed his eyes and started to breath slowly. Outside the room, people were still going about their work. He had to step away from everything for a moment…
Stego the Dino
The Dino was after him - about to catch up! He had to keep going, faster, further... So he ran as far as he could; Which wasn’t very far since Stego was on a…
The Twinkies are not on Sale
“Come again?” I asked. The woman just kept smiling with that red stained mouth. “I have been very nice to you, Mr. Friend. I can change that. I’ll ask you once…