The Succubus (a poem that reads like emo song lyrics)

We all know someone like this

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She controls your thoughts and actions
And accepts no lapses
Her need controls and takes your flames
You don’t know it’s all in vain
She plays on ignorance
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The Succubus (a poem that reads like emo song lyrics)

The Suit (a story)

A tragedy in cheap clothing

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It cost her seven dollars and fifty cents at the second hand place. She had been wearing it all day, the jacket sometimes came off when she was hot, but the white polyester blouse she wore (four dollars, purchased in the same place) had gotten a bit grubby and even she’d been aware of that, and so kept putting the jacket back on. Continue reading “The Suit (a story)”

The Suit (a story)

Bugs (software) – a poem

Lurking and hiding behind innocuous lines
They dark and dodge and assume disguise
Reaching multiple arms to disorder intent
Hidden till exposed by unexpected rents

The hunter’s not garbed in camo or hides
Sees with unseeming weapons to sniff out and find
Not a footstep to follow, not a track to be seen
Picking up traces, trained eyes that are keen

Bugs (software) – a poem

Purgatory – a story

The afterlife is no fun.

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TeeBeeTe felt a very odd jolt and opened her eyes.

“I’m dead,” she said aloud.

“I died alone. And in pain.”

She considered this for a bit and found she was upset – but having had died horribly didn’t seem to matter any more.  What she needed to do was deal with the now, and what was going on now that she’d actually died. Continue reading “Purgatory – a story”

Purgatory – a story