Unmitigated Cheer
Violets. Violets, and roses. Flowers happy, flowers bright; flowers -casket! flowers DEATH! deathdeathdeathdeath! Puppies. Puppies, frollicking. Frollicking dogs, big frollicking -guard dogs? frollicking DEATH! deathdeathdeathdeath! Children. Children, playing ball, children playing happily, happily playing ball in the -street! playing ball with DEATH! deathdeathdeathdeath! Sunshine. (skin cancer!) clouds? (depression!) rain; (suicide!) high of 85, (cremation!) low [...]
Read MoreThe world ends thirteen times consecutively
one heart thirty six and a half years away from scheduled retirement takes early leave two i’m sorry we can’t see each other anymore three the sun unexpectedly explodes four concentrated and constant contamination reduces arable water to flammable sludge and leaves the summer breeze with the consistency of sandpaper choking the leather lunged winners [...]
Read MoreThe Grim Reaper Is Lazier Than I Am
What is there worth writing about but lazy death? So inept, so unpunctual and mixed up. He came too early, say lovers or friends who are not in the will and have not been secretly pondering where he has been these last humorless years. Stovepipes, perhaps, or flash photography; fresh paint or icy slush streaked [...]
Read MoreThe biggest fool in the world
From Letters to the Air Force about UFOs Dear Sir; I read your statement about UFO. I do not know if there are an but they could be. All my life I have been trying to understand gravity; about 7 years back I found a key which seemed to fit, about 3 months ago I [...]
Read MoreThe Princess Bride
MAN IN BLACK
All right: where is the pie? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right and who is dead.