Dead trees line the sides of streets casting scraggly shadows over the town. Two lakes recede like a withdrawn nightmare – leaving nothing but cracked…
Dead trees line the sides of streets casting scraggly shadows over the town. Two lakes recede like a withdrawn nightmare – leaving nothing but cracked…
Then came the standard beauty questions: “What have you contributed to your school, your community, your family, and to your country?” Did we ever get…
After the assembly, Eliza and I picked up little pink pamphlets with a typewriter embossed at the top. “Boy, some of the idiots they let…
Be still and count the echoes of the night listen to the darkness entertain tranquility Be still for a moment in the afternoon watch the…
“So long, Eliza, see you tomorrow at school.” At school the next day, Joey stuffed a piece of paper in my hand. It was an…
It was the end of the day and my cousin Joey and I were skating in the concrete drainage ditch on the outskirts of town.…
Venturing out of Texas Crossing the east line Back along highways bordered by swamps I wander through southern, salty mists along rows of plantations harboring…
Nothing is perfect but you come close In a free-spirit sparkle world Oh Gem of great desire Everything that touches you is sacred Adoration is…
Sad State of Society (or Not)
Published by broussardlana on February 22, 2014This wouldn’t be funny except for the fact that it kinda is….call it societal decay, moral demise, or just downright bizarre. This involved a family…