Art

"You can only refrain from reaching out for so long..."

Have you ever seen framed art in someone else's home be just the slightest bit crooked? And you want to fix it so desperately, but you don't even really feel like you should be there?Except you were invited, so obviously...

Within the gift of your submissionyour sensual devotionhas me drowningin ecstasy.The elegantwhispers of yourimpassioned desires,raise goosebumpson my feverish skin.As I think about drinking from your essenceunder theemotional coversI know that weshall taste the sublimefrom one another.These momentsleaving uscompletelyuntetheredfrom reality.To dwell...

Thank You, Sister Ella (Part 3)

"Making beautiful music together . . . and another player joins the ensemble"

To say I idolized Ella would have been an overstatement, but not by much. She was better than me – she worked harder at almost everything. Playing solo cello, eyes closed, swaying with the bowing, she was angelic. The 1960s...

The Dinner Meeting

"Big deal. Big mess. Big surprise."

The clock on the cable box read 4:18 am. I was still in my recliner, having fallen asleep watching the late news while wondering where my wife Margie was at that time.Margie had been to a business dinner with several...

The Resignation of Poppie Freeman

"A seductive new job offer to bring the world to it's knees..."

Gripping the knob, I popped my hip against the peeling paint of the familiar office door. Ever since the titular owner of ‘Jacob Tomb, Private Investigations’ had drunkenly kicked it open three years ago the lock had ceased all functionality...