The grief had picked him apart and time had sewn him back crooked. Everything was covered in a light dust, a film that marred his vision. Walls and barriers had to be put up where once there was a warm outreach. A joviality that died with their first born. He lifted his lukewarm beer, the…
Month: July 2023
Once in a Lifetime
Mason shifted his phone in his hand. The other returned his soda to the coffee table, the plastic sliding across the glass from the condensation, and picked up the remote. One hand always working the screen in that constant search for information. Sports everything – scores, schedules, articles, art older than his ex but recently…
Ephemera
He showed up wearing dark blue jeans, a dark shirt tucked in only emphasizing the size of his belt buckle. Despite the distance, she was sure he wore his sports coat complete with that fucking lapel pin the entire drive. His strawberry blonde hair toasted with a summer hue styled in the same pompadour it…
In Her Own Backyard
Written for a Tulip Tree Pub Contest; Submitted 10/30/19 The office had enough of her. From her dark brown roots breaking through the bottled blonde to her manicured toes displayed in open toe wedges. The tipping point started when her matching manicured and manufactured finger nails would crumple up assorted singles and five dollar bills,…