Tag Archives: hope

100 Words: Far-Fetched

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Catastrophe Jones

They said she was ridiculous, to believe in the thing she believed in. They said men like that, with fire in their eyes, fire in their hands — they didn’t exist. They said she didn’t exist. She knew they were … Continue reading →

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Five Ways Of Looking

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Catastrophe Jones

I. Sometimes I can’t help but wonder at the forks in the road. Paths not taken. Discoveries not made. How would they have turned out? No different than anyone else looking back on their lives, but I feel infinitely ill-prepared … Continue reading →

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Hoped

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Catastrophe Jones

I’d hoped we could be friends. I’d hoped we could be more. Maybe you’d leave your wife. Maybe I’d leave my husband. Maybe we’d buy a little shelter together, past the burned out Walmart and maybe I’d suckle six fat … Continue reading →

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Spirit/Flesh

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Catastrophe Jones

Fully aware, when the stars are at their peaks, whorling in strange circles in our forbidden sky you are the meat of my existence, the flesh of it and I am the soul, the spirit of yours. You are my … Continue reading →

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Opportunity

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Catastrophe Jones

The day they gave out opportunity, I imagine I was daydreaming of some far-off wonderland, imagining the crystal waters, the bluest skies and greenest meadows, lush fields of flower and fruit. I may have been contemplating you, and the way … Continue reading →

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