The Bargain with Lucifer Pt.1

"An old frustrated, poet, professor wants to feel young again and makes a bargain."

Many afternoons, Paul Cantor stood at his office window in the English Department and looked down at the campus below, watching the students walking to their classes, some riding bicycles, others romantically holding hands, some sitting on the benches, or...

Bulky, unwieldyAwkwardly arrangedPlunked on the paperLike big clods of clay That is how wordsAppear now to beWhen I want to conveyWhat you mean to me Needing to craftNuances of thoughtInstead a NeanderthalPounds with a rock Inadequate languageInartfully clubbedUnable to voicePrayerful...

CCTC

"It's a fact of life"

Unless you hide yourself awayYou’ll likely meet one on most daysYou know the kind - they seem quite niceIf not, then they are harmless types You share a laugh, a latte, lunchOr if online, you talk enoughThat you think this...

JabberWalk

"It's not over . . . yet"

Vipers slither from your lipsTwisted into clever quipsFueled by petty vengeful ireHow is it that you haven’t tired? Every chance to take a swipeThere you are with caustic bitesBriefly do your serpents restRetract their fangs, coiled in their nestsBut never...

Though we've never met I've seen your pictures online,and my girl to my way of thinking you're mighty fine.I've seen all the pictures and they all are just great,but most of them seem to just frustrate.I have no problems with...

Chamois 2

"Perceptions can be very deceiving and cause desparate action."

Monday morning started early for Will as, someone in the weekend crowd usually dropped off a broken vehicle. Will was the go-to guy for engine work on specialty vehicles. On many of these he could listen to a rough sounding engine and know the...