flowers & barbed wire

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

more from BUKOWSKI'S UNDERTOW

i was going to blather on about something else tonight, but my poor, little brain hurts & refuses to come out and play. so i will do another page of bukowski's undertow. this is a short story i wrote a long time ago for a class. i've been meaning to edit it--it needs a new ending & some polishing. i... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

an excerpt from a past project in process of revising: bukowski's undertow

“You can’t be sitting there and telling me how to write,” red hair, standing, arms outstretched, seemingly confronting the river, yells. “Don’t yell, Joe,” black shirt answers, slouching down into the park bench. “Pish.” Red hair stares into the river, still standing. “Don’t overreact. It was just a... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

zombiphobia

i don't fear normal things. like i never lock my car. before i had kids, i didn't lock my house. im not afraid of being burgled. i'll walk down a dark alley at night without fear of murder or mayhem. i rarely wear a helmet on my bike. as a humane officer i wouldn't hesitate to tackle pit bulls or... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

political rant

in the united states we don't have just two of anything. not just coke & pepsi but also rc cola & a host of other off-brands. not just burger king & mcdonalds but also hardees & arby's, etc. not just target & wal-mart but also costco & shopco, etc. so why is the majority of the population not only... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

a little piece of the puzzle

my earliest memory that i know for sure is my own & not a story told to me by my sisters or a photograph ive seen a million times in a slide show--is the memory of my mom telling me my parakeet died. we were at the grocery store, i was 5. "petey died," she said matter-of-factly as we pushed the cart... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

haiku--gesundheit!

the other morning my todder fed me sunbeams as we laid in bed Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

short fiction by mj: wings

jamey kept the jar of butterfly wings on the shelf behind his desk. he said he liked to look at them when he was stuck. "they put me in my place of peace," he insisted. butterfly wings. plucked from the grill of his car, he told me. "suicidal fairy elves," he said. or maybe just distracted by the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 8, 2008

a zoloft moment

i've always believed that if i could live life with a slight buzz--like the buzz i have after drinking almost one whole beer--that i would be a lot easier to get along with & have a much more outgoing personality. everything is grand & beautiful when i've had one drink. two drinks & i start getting... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

introduction

the summer when i was 24 & single, i got my first tattoo. i wanted my tattoo to mean something to me. i chose an armband, brown-eyed susans growing next to a barbed wire fence. the very macho & hardcore tattoo artist seemed amiss when i showed him the picture of brown-eyed susans but cheered up when... Sign in to see full entry.

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