First choice Is not something I have never been When team captains were selected And they started to pick people, I was never their first choice Nor their second Third and fourth Not even their fifth or six I was […]
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Something lives in the corn, and the scarecrows are our last defense. Whatever they might have told you, whatever stories you remember from grade school about scarecrows – they’re all wrong. Scarecrows aren’t for crows – have you ever seen […]
The thing about midnight shifts is that you get used to seeing weird things. Half-ghosts with yellowed fingernails scuttling in and out of the candy aisles, fading in and out of existence with every flicker of the overhead […]
Aries: This is your moment to shine! Don’t wait around for someone else to fight back against the Zombies – grab your weapon and lead the resistance! But- just remember to wait a few moments before opening the bunker door, […]
Oedipus did wretched things sorry clever sphinx this man his own undoing He cannot place the blame here in Delphi’s breast a fool well-warned of fate The blind prophet sees much more than a king’s hubris pity men […]
L’album de photos tombe de l’étagère. Je ne savais même pas que je l’avais encore. Les photos du bal vont tout autour de la salle. Ah, le bal. Quelle belle fête. Je ramasse la première photo que je […]
Q & A with Local Author Keizen Q: Let’s start with an easy question; what’s your book called and what is it about? A: My book is called Idris Eye of the Beholder, and it is about two Greek […]
At the roof of the world, where the sky gleams like a sapphire ocean and the frosted earth glitters with a frozen diamond quilt, there is a mountain of ice. Encased in this crystalline prison, waiting with the patience of ten […]
In the winter of my senior year, I would drive around for about an hour everyday after school. In the fall I had Cross Country, and so I thought I’d replace it with Chess club, and I did go for […]
I cannot smell - for all aromas have ceased without your smoke and cinnamon scent. I cannot taste - for the food turns to ashes on my tongue in solidarity with what we had. I cannot hear - for when […]
Traveling salesman with a heart of gold after a decade his love grew cold He said - "I'm leaving on a jet plane" I wondered - "when will you be back again?" A birthday, for Christmas - it's cash and […]
Somber claws scratch the catwalk, carcass crawls forth from demise, eighth chance passed, on to the ninth. Crepuscule begins--impending blindness, onward journey continues--ambitious feline.
Five distinct buildings Stacked on top of each other It's the BAC It has so much glass And yet it does not shatter Huggins Science Hall It is like the Vil But the floors are less sticky The Axe Bar […]
There were two, there were once three oceans which adjoined the shores of Lake Ontario. Our pasts: they drank its fresh water and swam together, they (they) they. Lake Ontario, two lived on its northern border. Where the winters once […]
