May 2010
5 posts
Now You Don’t Have Too
It begins.
The sun slides behind a large black mountain. You enter an ocean only locals are supposed to have access to and ride the foaming wave mouths accepting the punishment they bestow, a full moon translucent visible in the evening sky.
You’re tossed, helpless… uncaring, under the salty water. Head briefly bobbing above, choking for air. Plunging your...
CALL NIGHT:
A TALE TOLD AFTER
A RETAIL BANKER LOST HIS JOB
The color of the sky? The hell if I knew. My eyes were focused on the numbers, the ratio of sales versus goals, the gaps, the ones I was responsible for. The empty spreadsheet columns piercing my eyes like hot needles. The boss made it clear we weren’t getting out there until we hit our numbers.
He made it sound easy,...
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Interrogation
Officer Fenway: So… Let’s get to the meat. Let’s…Why don’t you go ahead and tell me what happened?
Steve: Look, man I-
Officer Fenway: Sir
Steve: Sir?
Officer Fenway: Address me as Sir…not “man.”
Steve: Oh. Okay…alright, whatever. I… I …Look man, Sir. I…
Officer Fenway: We both want ot go home, yeah?
Steve: Yeah.
...
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Translator
Are you confused when I speak(?)
I not make sense,
I stutter or stammer or mix up my vowels sounding words?
So jumbled, so jagged that you nod and show teeth in agreement
signing the social contract.
Something on my face?
I washed this morning.
I awkward, lisping my way through our pleasantries?
Need a translator? I speak a foreign language?
It’s normal in my mind,
The words I...
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The Hive
We don’t behave like this,
Worker bee’s having happier days
drones the middle man,
Protect the QUEEN!
At all cost
Protect the QUEEN!
Unless she’s on sale- Then take two.
We don’t think like this,
Not us.