Space Invaders, 1985

That night it would have been easy to let him fuck me. That's fair exchange for a night of drunk when you're 17 and he's greying at the temples. He found me in the parking lot of Game Town on Pacific Highway South and while my best pal was inside playing Space Invaders I asked him to score some booze. He did...vodka, I recall...then he asked me to leave with him...

Momentary Immortality

my insides twitch towards buzzing...
thud hum thud hum thud hum
my right forearm cramps
just me and my noise machine
grind hum grind hum grind hum
my eyes flip and roll
in sockets water
wet
I push myself through sheets
and for a moment
this Atheist is God.

Top 10 Valentine Flick Picks

Secretary...for the love of pain
Kissed...for the love of the dead
Fatal Attraction...for the love of one night stands
My Bloody Valentine...for the love of gore
Sooner or Later...for the love of "first times"
Romeo & Juliet...for the love of Shakesperian remakes
True Romance...for the love of violence
Blue Velvet...for the love of Lynch
Ms. 45...for the love of revenge
Grizzly Man...for the love of grizzlies

haiku: a lame valentine

hallmark evokes you
reminder: this time, this year
eat candy...alone

writing prompt 2-8-07: someone coming home different

...Dee Dee...

Dee Dee had a headache,
splitting seven days
after she gave birth to her son.
And on her walk
from bed edge to bathroom
collapsed
from an aneurysm.

When Dee Dee woke up
a few weeks later
her brain and muscle were mush
and like her newborn
she had to learn everything
a new.

She couldn't even walk.

We took turns
showing her picture board flashcards
teaching her words
and shaping her ideas.

Everyday
was like meeting her for the first time.
She was as excited and frustatated
as we were-
watching her
and watching her son
struggle...

limerick: Scabby Grannie

this old grannie I know, she has crabs
she scratches so much she gets scabs
those scabs, she does pick
I like to watch cuz I'm sick.
this old hag we all call "Grannie Babs"