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Boys Will Be Boys
Boys will be boys,until they become bombs,and the playground becomes a minefield,where girls hop, skip and jump over their last day on Earth. Some spots are safe,but some are explosive,some coercive,some creative,some populated by killers,some populated by kindness. Boys will be boys,and some will stay boys.Some will stay sane,and some will be swallowed by madness.…
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After Swimming
Nothing was the same,but I didn’t know it yet.I had been swimming,and my hair was wet,ears ringing with drips,drips,drips, the screams of an eyewitness on the radio that my teacher was too shocked to switch off. My hair was wet,and my mind occupied with how I’d failed to swim a full length.I was scared.I didn’t understand…
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A Hundred Feet Tall
Towering above heaven,glowering,a hundred feet tall. You, the talk of the town,a town with one resident,lost child,all alone,except her treehouse voyeur,always watching,always whistling Tchaikovsky,accompanied by thunder. Never climbing down,never walking,just waiting,baited breath and icy stare,holding her dreams inside of your hands,tightly, but with enough room for them to breathe.
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My Son Was Afraid Of The Storm
There was a monster in the sky,according to the shivering boy underneath my bed.He had scrambled under,his little legs kicking against the carpet as if it had sent the shocking scenes to the stars above him,his whole body shaking as tears trickled down his pale, perfect face.I followed him down to the darkness,taking his hand…
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I Was A Bad Mother To My Inner Child
She used to watch the moon from her dimly lit bedroom window,pretending to sleep,trying to keep her stories in order,so that she wouldn’t slip on the shame of her real reflection. The moon knew the truth,sending her to sleep with her soothing stare,the way her own mother would,if she had been given the chance.The girl…