“Shit! Where can you get some meat in this town? Fuckin’ vegetarians have taken over! ” Glenn was on a rampage. “I am a hippie, but I eat meat for Christ’s sake!” He was going on and on about it. Some promotion didn’t come through for him. He was in line to become the manager… Continue reading Roast Beef
Category: Higher Ground
Sue, Sweet Sue
I am praying hard right now. I am ringing the bell and lighting incense in every room. You know who you are, – the ones who need it most… I spin my head in circles as I chant, “sssue… sssue… sssue…” I ring the bell 100 times. I am in deep mourning. This has struck… Continue reading Sue, Sweet Sue
Earth Day
Mrs. Shorts was a fabulous teacher. She created integrated units for her third and fourth graders that included art, music, history, and literature. Everything about her class room was perfection. The bulletin boards were covered in no fade paper. There were house plants hanging in front of the bank of windows on one side and… Continue reading Earth Day
Add a Son
They lay down beside the goddess as she labors in birth. This one, too, will be another girl… and another… until there is a sea of women with only a smattering of male children. No one knows why the men have become weak. Their phallus does not rise. There is but a meager offering of… Continue reading Add a Son
Home Bound
To say that they were addicted to marijuana was incorrect. They could quit anytime they wanted to with no ill effects. They just didn’t want to quit. They loved that weed. That green stinkin’ weed! It dulled the pain of war and politics. It made food taste better. It made sex feel better. It made… Continue reading Home Bound