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Untitled – The More
Poem Does it matter? It does matter I like a bit of vanilla and nutmeg In my pancakes Flipped once it will take care of you Fluffy reward for being a patient soul...
Smuggs Chronicle ’14, Day 8: August 1, 2014
Swollen masses of cumulus clouds swallow the sky above Mansfield. They spread like a glacier-paced avalanche. Behind them, patches of blue remain. Beyond that, the midday sun shines. We’ve already swum our laps and...
A World To Be Seen
Poem Filtered lens Blinding peace and simplicity Could it be possible To feel it richer, deeper More authentic, open and free A window covered With thoughts, things to do Busy narrow worry Wiping it...
One Day Last Week
Poem you are the warmth in my heart that melted the glass that pierced the veil that covered my widowed heart as the their freed withholdings fell down from the counter like waterfalls...
Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 7: July 31, 2014—Vermont Country Fair (indoors)
The kettle-corn maker stands outside the Meeting House. I catch a glimpse of vendors inside. People pour in and out. We pass through the Welcome sign to the Village Center and continue up the...
In Search of Their Favorite Place
Short Story It was just the beginning. A new weekend filled with possibility had finally arrived. Hope fluttered in their hearts. This was finally their chance to go to their favorite place, a...
Missing Mohammed
Short Story For as long as the boy could remember, his father had taken him to the deli on Sunday mornings. “Two smoked salmon on everything bagels with cream cheese, please!” he would order...
Smuggs ’14 Chronicle, Day 7: July 31, 2014—the Hike
The shuttle bus pulls into a parking lot for the Long Trail somewhere out of Johnston. We stretch, introduce ourselves and set off. Pat sets a pace we weren’t used to. The forest closes...
The Gone Man
Pieces of wind are falling down on this sunny day. It doesn’t matter if the light is getting cold. You are by my side. The gone man is passing by, searching for his mouth....
Talk 4 – Smoke
Short Story I want to light a cigarette. I thought you quit. I did. Are you two fighting again. It’s not exactly fighting. I know, it’s grinding. Growth has slowed down and you do the...
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part Four – The Brewer 4
Serial Fiction ‘Keeping my sanity. I see. I see. I see. I think that I see. But! I don’t see. I see. I see. I see. I see. I don’t see. I see....
