The Easter Bunny is Dead

Ears is dead.  Goodbye Ears.

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.

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.

Xeniality

In every town centre, on every I-See, the video feed was shown.  Over forty years ago the ship ‘Xeniality’ left for a distant star system to colonise and set up an outpost for humanity.

Will

 

All the family gathered for the reading of the will
Though they’d loved him in life and loved him still
Each one hoped to gain something
From their Father’s sad passing

Late Nights

Read the last part of the story here…

Read the first part of the story here…

 

 

Working the late shift is always a drag, drunken accidents, difficult patients and general tiredness combining to make for a hard time.  Glen, therefore, is not surprised when he is called to a bar.

It is the first day of November and so, today, somenone will die.

Should you see a ship at sea, say a prayer for the sailor whose life may be