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DeathWatch No. 142 – Do I Make Myself Clear?
This is Issue #142 of DeathWatch, an ongoing Serial. Click that link to go find ‘DeathWatch’ then go to ‘#0 – A Beginning’ and read from there, or go find the issue # you remember, and catch up from there! Happy … Continue reading
Posted in Deathwatch, Fiction, Serial
Tagged Academy, Alec, Alec Garrett, bigotry, death, deathwatch, fear, fiction, Garrett, Garrett's kind of a badass, gun, hatred, Headmaster, Holden, Holden Olivier, intimidation, love, memories, Olivier, recollection, serial, shameless, war, writing
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Plague Ship
Drowning, struggling. I come up just for enough air to shout for help, but no one can hear me. I never made it above the surface, and what I take in is a long, heaving gasp of cold, of salt. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged depression, fear, hope, loneliness, mental illness, pain, poem, poems, poetry, sadness, self pity, suicide, writing
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Under the Tracks
Poppies in the rear view mirror. I look back, and I imagine what I remember. Red blossoms across a white shirt, a white throat. Flanders Fields, for an army of angels who had no wings and no idea but plenty … Continue reading
Love after Love
It starts in misery that shifts to blankness, to exhaustion, and then to acceptance. Then comes wonder, and then there is hope. A little hope. Then there is doubt, and next comes fear. Terror. It wraps its way around, from … Continue reading
Her Eyes
Her eyes, vivid, are never before as bright as in these moments. They shine with a glory she never shows as she walks around day to day, shoulders hunched, head down, lank hair in front of her face. Here, though, … Continue reading