yield

by rhoda penmarq

the terpischorean remnants of the embittered yielders stared at me from the edge of the tattered lawn i had my dictionary at the ready but they thoroughly humiliated me nevertheless snow-capped mountains to the left of me shiny black buildings to the right i turned and ran but, strangely, heard no laughter behind me i met eddie jones on the horizon he upbraided me savagely but i had had enough and diverted my energies to the creatures in the river an old school chum emerged from the mist wearing a rumpled blazer and a gold braided yachting cap have mercy, i cried dolorously i spend my whole life eating out of plastic containers

the perfect crime

by horace p sternwall

adam woke up and eve was gone he went outside and mowed the lawn a light was on across the road in the humble home of colonel toad adam thought this is the time to finally commit the perfect crime adam and the colonel went back a long way to armageddon and judgment day adam was a monkey and the colonel was a clown the circus was stuck in a one horse town salome had absconded with the weeks receipts and prophets wandered the muddy streets the lion and the trainer were drunk in their tent and moses wondered what it all meant what it all means the colonel declared is that murder will out and life is not fair adam nodded and sewed a button on his pants and thought, some day i will have my chance

ralph

by nick nelson

ralph waits for the bus the bus arrives a nice evening but a bit chilly he observes to the driver the driver agrees there are only two another passengers one of them is a woman in a gray coat ralph smiles at her but she does not smile back and colonel armstong ralph and the colonel ignore each other ralph proceeds to the back of the bus as the bus goes up the mountain and stops when it reaches the top the driver stands up and turns and addresses the three passengers we wil not be returning once we start down the other side this is final the woman in the gray coat and the colonel remain expressionless wind shakes the bus ralph begins to laugh in the peculiar way he has always had

oscar blue, part 2

by bofa xesjum

oscar sat down and thought and turned into a butterfly tired of it all about his mom walking down a long dark highway with no end in sight so tired on the other side of the moon a light appeared in the sky waking down a long dark highway “oscar, are you in there? i am so tired a light appeared in the sky floating like a dinosaur to coolly calculate the odds and turn into a butterfly the best in the whole world but it was all in vain walking down the dark highway but don’t show your face here again on the other side of the moon to coolly calculate the odds about his mom who always knew the score the river flows and plays well with others the river flows

oscar blue, part 1

by bofa xesjum

terrified but having a good heart oscar sat down and thought to avoid obstacles but was not much of a hunting dog named shep he just didn’t have it in him “they laughed when he walked through the door” in the shadow of the mountain he sat down and thought because he had a good heart walking down a long highway and told not to show his face covered with ice and snow he heard a voice behind him echoing down a long highway he sat down and thought as the voice did not stop to avoid obstacles and fainted at the foot of the mountain with a stout heart too terrified to speak about his old dog shep who was told not to show his face and heard a voice behind him trembling with abject terror

the package, part 2

by bofa xesjum

excuse me, sir this day is not forever no matter what they say it may seem obvious and it may be news to some but soon it will be over and there will be no more excuses but i cared but now it is over you never expected that but it is good news to some people but you can get lucky it was right there in front of you nobody cared and then it was over “what are we talking about, anyway?” nobody cared at the time obvious as it seems now they were to quick to go to sleep the package was on the step for all to see and then it was all over all over forever and a day it was great news for some and some even cared and some got lucky because some people have all the luck

the package, part 1

by bofa xesjum

ha ha very funny excuse me quite obvious, thank you they were too quick but you can get lucky that is great news i never expected that i cared they were too quick the package was left on the step nobody cared so you say the package was left on the step they were too quick and then it was over nobody cared it is already over forever and a day i never expected that i cared i never expected that excuse me the package was left on the step it is already over forever and a day so you say so you say