Posts published in “Literary”

When they marched the prisoners in, they told them to dance. No one did. They stood still as stone, too weak to move a muscle,…

Content Warning: Gore, death, suicide. He came to us suddenly, in a purple blaze of glory and with promises of salvation. He left just as…

I curse the divine being who invented the duct: Rome’s revered creation, Aztec architectural marvels which became the lead-lined pipes in elementary school fountains which…

Release Lay yourself down in the river and let the rocks chip away at your soul and it will not be a sharp thing, but…

I am beckoned. It comes to me, rushing, A noise of perfect, pattering percussion To match my own racing, pounding heart. They say those days…

Pick it up, Feel the sagging weight under your fingers, Drop it. It hits the ground, flexes, bounces, but doesn’t pop. Carefully pry it open,…

 You pull up to court in a bright red Maserati. You bought it last weekend, and you were quite proud of it until it got…