One Dead Day
“What Should we do with the body?”
JAKE
Bearded
It bifurcated at the chin and it bulged at the cheeks. It certainly did look like the objects being mimed.
Lake Shore Drive
Behind your grandfather's credenza / I found a photograph,
Childlike
Periodically, I've wanted to extend my youth, / When all the magic seemed to lose its spark,
Two Hooligans Dueling With Their Respective Finger Guns
Eventually the two put their finger guns away as if it had been a draw as each one backed away to different sides of the room.
Not That Story
Trouble was, there was a lot of trouble. Questions I didn’t understand, even though I worked there. A month or so before, I’d run into a group of art-school people sitting together around the curve of a bar, nice people, friendly.
Shuffle
There has been silence in the car for much of the hour-long drive. You have been mostly present but what is there to say. Honey, I'm sorry that I wrapped the car around a tree and for the last few weeks I've been a vegetable doesn't seem to cut it.