Pure Irish

The Brother was forever at the food press when Ma was away and I’d be telling him off, saying to him stop that, you’ll have us both in trouble.  

Fair(l)y Shitty Tale

Once upon a time here was a toilet that had forgotten how to flush. 

The Easter Bunny is Dead

Ears is dead.  Goodbye Ears.

The Invention of PR

“Greetings Bartonious!  Does the day find you well?” says Lord Greimeare, happy to see his trusted advisor.
“Indeed it does my lord, though I have some issues I need to bring to your attention.” says Bartonious, bowing in respect to his master.
Lord Greimeare burst into laughter.
“Oh, Bartonious, you are so efficient.  Where would I be without you?”
“I could not imagine my lord.  Shall I proceed?”

Miracle

She closed her front door quickly behind her, checked her peep hole to see if anyone was behind her and darted into the kitchen, clutching the bag closely to her chest.  Her hurried frame only slowed as she laid the bag gentle on the table, then she checked all the doors and windows in the house were locked, curtains were closed and no one was watching her house, that no one knew what she had.

Infinite Jest

B’lzug and Ooth drifted, as is their custom, through a pink, green and red nebula.  They discussed the lives of the beings inhabiting a nearby planet as they drifted.

Sestina #1 (inspired by Marie Brett’s “The Amulet”)

 

I can’t stop think about the baby
and the poor sad mother.

The Tunnel

 

Deeper and deeper he delved into the tunnel with no breath of wind to shift the sweat from his body.  He was not discomforted by cobwebs or biting bugs; nothing lives in this passageway.  The words adorning the entrance some hours behind him assured him of the morbidity of the place, ‘Momento Mori’ …’remember that you will die’.  He did not expect to find life here.

Zest

“Lights, Camera, Action!”

 

“Hello and welcome to another instalment of Cooking with Mel!  Here is your host, Mel!”

Yield

 

I will not halt nor will I falter,
Know thee this; I give no quarter.