From the OWC Community
Janet Berry followed you on your way to the bus, on top of you, breathing down your neck as you walked ahead like a little egg.
I turned to watch the scene like everybody else, only I wasn’t laughing. I summoned the courage to scowl and shake my head as I turned and walked faster...
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SUMMONER’S TEARS
Here sits the conjuror
Of worlds
On faded lawn chairs,
Bereft of his galaxy.
Drops of liquor and coffee
Blend and form a cascade
Which fall from the wizard’s eyes;
These are the Summoner’s tears.
They taste of talent
And potential
Washed away
By addiction’s course.
They reek of the rotting
Genius, ironically consumed
By the same powerful entity
He summoned from the outworlds.
But they also glisten with...
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A Patient Time
A time for waiting,a hibernation
Before we follow through on dreams
Careful planning,with determination
Putting away halfed baked schemes
No day or night is ever wasted
Patience builds slowly day by day
The fruit of forbearance is soon tasted
Sweet as honey where we lay
Suddenly we are engaged in life
Our souls’desire reaches out
And wraps its lasso around the moment
Discarding...
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FROM “THE DAY WE DELAY”
(a thematic tome of stories by Michael J Seidlinger)
A single knock brings with it the sounding of a deliverer’s song. No more than a few seconds pass since it was pressed yet the doorbell still rings. A muted, delayed ting, an amplified echo merely augments the tension and anticipation of...
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I’m kind of glad this “where are we, what are we doing?” discussion is taking place right now. I’m on vacation this week, which means that since I’m too poor to actually go anywhere (I was going to go to AWP and meet Caleb and others next month but my car’s transmission blew...
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