Stumbling down Houdini’s hatch, a poor man says, ‘That’s the last time I’ll do that. I gotta start escaping. 1899, new century’s dancing right there in the distance. Put me in a straitjacket. I gotta […]

Wherever you are tonight, I hope you’re happy. Hope you’re filled. If you’re not, just come my way. I’ve got so much, I spill. Overflowing with love. Overflowing with things I never could get enough […]

Battery’s dead, but they’re dreaming. Talking about pumps and drugs with a best friend, It had been too long since I talked to him. Warranty’s good and I’m gleaming. Lobbies and passing by people, on […]

Rippling, crashing like clouds to the ground. Doesn’t recall if he really said that out loud. Patience, like praying for a tide’s return. Doesn’t recall if he really said that to her. Come on, bring […]

They’re on the road, he’s off his feet. He spends his day preparing feasts that he’ll survive off for a little bit less than a week. Choppin’, he’s cookin’, bastin’, wastin’ no time, hearing Hallelujah. […]

He was watching from the corner, thinkin’, ‘I don’t have enough.’ She was dancing like she used to. Singin’, ‘boy, you’re way too much.’ She was dancing by the bad door. Singin’, ‘I’ve got way […]

Her old song’s thoughts falling from his speaker, sounding a lot like his. He stood out on a balcony, speaking with the stars again, feeling like last night they listened. Wondering, scribbling when it shook […]

It flowed, you must’ve known that. That sort of wisdom, those stories will send ripples ‘til the end of time, down a southwest road, into souls, up into a still standing palace. We arrived on […]