For These Things I Cry
For these things I make myself cry: Water falls from my eyes, Since a comforter for my soul, Distanced himself from me, And my children were all scattered When the rivals conquered. In exile I have stood long, Enduring taunts and jeers, As...
Afterimage
Yes, I remember vivid moments now, We talked and drank into the misty dawn, I even hear the voices as we ran By water's side on wettest summer lawn. I see the footprints as I remember. I feel the way you were, the way you would, And tried to...
Across the Divide
Above the valley of my distant plans, A barrier of gray from shifting storm. Across the canyon massive unit spans, All hope to failure raging clouds transform. So barred from success by this foggy wall, Divided by those small suspended...
A Child's Fears
Mother, there's a monster hiding underneath my bed: The tentacles snake up to try and grab my head. Claws with nasty edges scratch across the wooden floor - The grating sound signifies his intent to gore How can I sleep knowing I might not make it...
Instant Message
?Zev threw his backpack into the corner, the empty sack landing on the carpeted floor with a dull thup. School always syphoned the energy from the fox, but he knew that at the end of a long day he could come home to his computer and relax. He cracked...
Wholesale
Word around town depicted the owner of the wholesale pharmacy as an eccentric. The man who ran the place operated alone, doing everything from stocking the shelves to serving the customers by himself. When asked if he wanted some employees, he would...
Change his Mind - part 3
"Give me another rep, faggot," Brutus growls in my ears. His hands wrap around the bar, but he refuses to pull, forcing me to shake and quiver as I try and push the weights up so that I can rack them. I'm not going to make it and I know I won't, Brutus...
Change his Mind - part 2
October rolls in, and I still manage to go to the gym twice a week, as per Brutus' instructions. While I've only been to the gym a total of eight times now, I still see some of the results. Brutus says that's normal, that you get the most results when...
The Mane Event
Yuri struggled in his bonds. The lion wasn't exactly used to being tied and chained up against cold metal platforms, so he didn't find the experience all the pleasant. It didn't help that he could not recall how he came to be in that particular...
Silk and Smoke
The haze of smoke drifted between the ceiling fans, blown about from corner to corner without a moments rest. Tendrils of grey wisps spun around the blades, the blur of motion combined with the miasma obscuring the tarnished color of the fans. Cracked...
If You Give A Hungry Tiger A Potion...
Hamburgers sizzled on an open grill, their smell mixing with that of French fries being boiled in oil. A child laughed as she licked her vanilla ice cream cone, her father sipping a can of root beer as he eyed the frozen treat his daughter lapped....
The Computer Wore a Posing Thing
No matter how you looked at it, Herman was a nerd. At twenty eight years old, the cheetah still lived in his parents basement, still collected action figures, and still went to the kind of conventions filled with people jocks would love to wail on....