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Life Of A Cigarette

His life is a sanctuary, But the sanctuary has dimmed.Solace in his place of rest.Life of a cigarette.His work is dangerous,And taboo in all forms.Death on a dinner plate.Life of a cigarette."Invisible demons," This man would claim,"Have latched their claws upon my soul."This was because the need wa..

Ghora

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The Seed (Working Title)

“Wake up. They’re coming.”Bill could hear the lonesome echoes of heavy footsteps coming from a flame-lit corridor. His vision was still unfocused and the wispy remnants of a dream he couldn’t remember but remembered he enjoyed parted their way out of Bill’s morning mind..

The Tale Of Johnny Nowhere

I was inspired by the poignant and straight forward style short stories of Stephen King's "Skeleton Crew" to write this.

The Tapp House

A troubling darkness clouds 11 year old William Finn's mind and his beloved summer months when the house on the end of the street strikes him in a deeply disturbing and unknowing way.

Keeper of the Jewelry

I miss you.You.Ghost of my past.I'm sorry that we didn't last.You're on my mind.Now.Ghost of love lost memory.Keeper of the jewelry.

John

See the world through his eyes.For if John wasn't here,Neither were the skies.Love and revolution,He advocated.Peace and harmony was the solution.No more war, no more war.Stay in bed, grow your hair,I know you've done it before.He taught us something that will never fail.He told us what we should ha..

See All Evil

Bounce Bounce! Bounce!Rachel's red plastic ball bounced it's way down a perfectly beautiful and completely uncorrupted urban sidewalk of one of the safest neighborhoods in Bristol, New York. It bounced it's shiny way all the way down the street until i..

The Dread

Why isn't the sun out?" Carol asked her husband Wayne from across the sun room."The weather forecast called for sunny and thirty-five. But just look at those black clouds!"The rays of expected sunlight were blotted out by unexpected cloud coverage of the dark and looming variety."I was reall..

The Man In Black

A poem I wrote about Johnny Cash a few years ago.

We're All Under The Same Sky

The sad patron of a kingdom now gone.The broken ghost of an empty shell now filled.The one in the shadow of titans now illsuperior.The loveless lover now reimbursed.The blind boy in the dark now a knower of what he sees.We're all under the same sky with me.

Barney Mansfield

I observed Edison, the dalmatian belonging to the owner of a cheap hardware store, piss all over the side of the fire hydrant across the street for the...six-hundred and forty-seventh time this year. I`m keeping track. Keeping my mind busy.I live on the eighth floor of The Dutchess apartme..

Crowe

I examined the contact company card he gave me just before he got out of my cab and walked up the marble steps of the Crowe Corporation building. A place I've never been. I don't really have an idea what goes on there. The slick explained it, but just breif. The card is sitting up on the dash. Jacob..

Barney Mansfield

Retrospection

Rest In Peace Padr� <3

The All-Knowing

To a star studded sky that wasn't there when I was born.A dark gap. A place where light holds no face.Answer me. Answer the ones that are torn.Find our thoughts with your instruments. Help us save our own race. Take our concerns lightly and pick up the crumbs from the fallout.An..

Day

I wrote this in 10 minutes in my car.

Barney Mansfield

* Dedicated to Kriss.~~A day in the life of a lonely New York City cab driver. The story is a narrative of his feelings about the world and people around him.