Sometimes a gulp is a gasp. A verbal, audible indication of shock or panic. A fleeting moment of concern. A hesitation. A double take. Sometimes a gulp is a subtle apology. Other times – especially if you're a fish – a gulp is just a quick slurp of air (or food) as you explore the vast unknown. Mid-adventure refueling. Freedom! ...
Subcutaneous
The dead heaviest I’d ever, ever been. Paunchy two fifteen. Pounds, not o’clock. Belly fat, jowel fat, Brain fat, will fat. Distorted, plumped, Stalled, and stumped. How did it happen? When did it happen? What, where and how From here? From now! (Source: "Moribundignant", 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) ...
Inside
"We are always the same age inside." ~ Gertrude Stein ...
Cardinal
Like virtually every other child on this wondrous orb I grew up drawing, doodling, playing and creating without limits. Well, no walls. And no permanent marker. This doodle was inspired by a red cardinal school mascot in my earliest years of school. There was a school-wide contest to design a t-shirt logo with the school mascot. I was in second grade, I think. My angular cardinal didn't make the ...
Midlife Midwife I
That damned phone, my bride declares, is your mistress, your mobile paramour, object of your desires and confessions, your intimate moments, and lusty caresses. (Source: "Mobile Midwife I", 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) Heheh... Excerpted from a piquant volley between an exasperated bride and an OS-obsessed deadbeat husband. These opening lines are all but cribbed from the beguiling lips of ...
Barbed
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