Category: scribbled then transcribed
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of amorous relations
A song was written about a young woman and charm of a person by which she’s smitten. The rhythm was off but the theme was evident of a romantic pursuit forced to remain secret. Why in this season do energies shift and influence admirers to reveal an eerie twitch when trying to determine first whose […]
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to himself he applauded
He said, “Think twice not about such a scandalous fraud as stability tightens in throngs.” Though to himself he applauded, foreboding reproach did flutter and dawdle.
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nearly midnight
She felt her lungs collapse as she made her way to the cool area of the cheese aisle. Nothing else was on her mind except to feel the ice-cold racks pressing against the back of her thighs, though she continued to pull at her unusually long hair bound together. She exhaled only briefly until she […]
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flight of listless thought
Oh, the day’s been long and it’s not quite ten. Brain cells may very well flee my head. So long, I hear myself say to the boss until I think about the inevitable money loss. Change may come but never fast enough. Perhaps slow it needs to move while one sits in wonderment of where […]
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half dozen mix
As though movement between leaves on branches could be illustrated so gracefully by the hissing and whistling of changing winds, off to the right at the end of parallel lines of monstrous trees is a doughnut shop convenience store with a doughnut sculpture of equal proportion to the branched greenery. Through the glass doors walk […]
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fool who shouldn’t walk the line
[This is meant to be hummed/sung as an exploration of the blues through an omniscient narrator. Think Pink Anderson, J.D. Short, Otis Rush, Sonny Terry] Through the screen of a window, the sun shines brightly illuminating leaves small and still dangling from branches reaching far above the lazy streets. Suddenly, a sweet female voice shouts […]
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whose progress
What can be said about the Guantanamo hunger strike if information is not being shared honestly by those who can deem information appropriate for public consumption? How surreal it must be to live in a community in which top tiers of a hierarchy can be occupied only through hospitalization as a form of identity preservation. […]
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