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Retreat (part 4)
I sweat out a hard focus for the five miles of road which led home, and set my hands in their proper twelve and three o'clock positions, gripping tight on the leather wheel. To lend formality to my relaxed driving style, I lowered my left leg from its usual......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-05 18:44:51 | Rating:

| Views: 98 | Comments: 6 | Tags: at home Gwen gets a strange letter

sunburn granted to future step-mom
i exist. neither denial, nor intimidation, nor ignorance to this fact, nothing, is going to negate my presence. this one cannot be controlled to your liking, adjusted to your temperament, rotated to fit nicely into your fairy-tale. i have no vindictive cause here. granted, i too am......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-14 12:57:01 | Rating:

| Views: 94 | Comments: 8 | Tags: these are my children not yours

The Letter (part 5)
I slid the slender steal blade of an offset letter ripper into the narrow gap of unlinked glue and drew my sword across its saliva induced welding. A hot cauldron of anxious curiosity was being cooked in my belly, burning the layers......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-14 14:30:05 | Rating:

| Views: 127 | Comments: 8 | Tags: letter opener

Admiral Confusion (part 6)
By the time I finished reading, the two iron replicated arms of my timepiece were creeping towards the Roman numeral twelve on the clock face. The symbols nestled in my mind next to the spread out confusion that recently invaded my unoccupied......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-18 23:10:37 | Rating:

| Views: 98 | Comments: 3 | Tags: confusion meet Alex call Kirt

Fettered Volleys (part 7)
I was lost in the ornamentation of his lyrical speech. His baroque plea temporarily stunned my ability to respond. Besides, I had not made advance plans of what I was going to say to whomever answered the phone. Now, I was stuck in the ornate scroll......Read More