3 AM Needs
You announced your deed in the dead of night. Crouching in the shadows. A body lay, still and cold at your feet. Thank you. You can have the wet cat food today.
You announced your deed in the dead of night. Crouching in the shadows. A body lay, still and cold at your feet. Thank you. You can have the wet cat food today.
Before I met your eyes, in the lobby of a chain restaurant (it was 10:30 PM on a Tuesday, and Applebees was open and on the way back to my place.) I had often been the seduced NPC. Sometimes, I was Tika to Aeris no, Terra to Celes; (or was it the other way around?) … More The Lonely NPCs
There is a magpie nest, nestled in my neighbors tree. I wonder if that is where the diamond necklace my grandmother had made from her engagement ring after a bitter divorce (he ran off with the next door neighbor– he did not run very far– and he later fell through the bathroom … More The Magpie’s Treasure
There are 1,001 things that need to be fixed in this old house; But the ones I want to fix the most Are the cracks between you and I.
I leave my cups of coffee all over the house (Mostly in the computer room) And they get cold, And the milk congeals on the top in swirls, And I rinse them out and start again.
Your speech disrupts my quiet introspection. You never stop and stare at the beauty in trash. In fact, You wonder what I am doing, staring at piles of garbage left on lawns.
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