The Cremation
I couldn’t bear to see her confined in a casket, surrounded by flowers she called vain. I watched from my car and smiled when smoke rose to the skies from… Read more »
Category: #Microprose
Wrong Gift
The attached card says “Bobcat for my girl”. The fur, inside, makes me shiver. I sit, surrounded by my cats, and sip almond milk. How could he? Bobcats were strangulated… Read more »
Someone Heard
It was a dark and stormy night; amid thunderclaps, I heard his elephantine footsteps approaching my room. I shrank into the carapace of my blanket, like a terrapin, and beseeched… Read more »
After seven labors
“Seven daughters, Ma. Why do you worry?” “Your father should never know.” “What does he want an heir for? He has nothing.” Our bus trudges to our village from the… Read more »
Learn to share
“What can I do for you, Master?” Genie asked. “Make me another Genie,” Aladdin said, “for my wife.” Genie shut his eyes tight in concentration. “Ah, I see it. Cloning…. Read more »
When You Travel
The unopened mail is a mountain. Your Contigo stands inverted on the dish rack. I can’t enact our routine. I sit in your den, slide my feet into your sheepskin… Read more »
The Red
She bleated at my rhymes. I picked her droppings. She was nowhere, the morning of Eid-al-adha. Father returned, hauling the bulk in his arms. A stray dog followed, sniffing. Her… Read more »
Again
He shouts.I stare. He snores.I’m awake. Dawn. I dust a suitcase. He appears, a leviathan looming over the closet.Kisses my pupils, pulls my hair into a ponytail. Rivulets soak his… Read more »
Delusional
Dressing up for their anniversary dinner– flowing chiffon with a ruby pendant around her neck. Smoked salmon, chardonnay, his loving gaze! Doorbell interrupts the piano playing in her head. Cheeks… Read more »