I didn’t really care about the millions of dollars or the newly purchased mid-century home in the hills, or even the Eames furniture that wasn’t replica. I just wanted my dead sister’s ticket for myself.
Tag: dead
Coffin
The dead man stared at the coffin lid.
I’ll take it, he said.
Sorry
I’m sorry your lover is dead.
I’m sorry your lover is dead.
The October Widow
At the Halloween party, Mary thought he was just another cute guy in costume. She had no idea she was speaking to a real Genie when she drunkenly admitted there were times she wished her husband was dead.
Promise
Some people just don’t understand that when I make a promise I actually mean it.
Yes I died but that isn’t going to stop us being together for eternity!
Art
It was a dead sheep covered in rose petals and surrounded in empty soup cans.
Modern art, she scoffed.
Scent of a Man
She checks the answering machine as soon as she enters the house, something she’s done for more years than she can remember, hoping against hope that he will finally call, and she can be happy again.
Trying to absorb his scent from his clothes, she sniffs and sniffs until her nose feels raw, and then the crushing reality once again slams her upside her head, and crushes her heart: Her son is dead.
Aren’t alone
All the dead pets of the world frolic in the afterlife with all the dead children.
It makes me happy to know my brother and Blackie aren’t alone.
Grandma
The guttural voice chanted “the restless dead weary of their bondage”.
It’s Grandma on the phone!
The Keyhole
When I arrived at my uncles house was to not go into his daughters room, on my way to the guest room I looked through the keyhole and saw an eye staring back at me. My uncles daughter passed away 2 years ago
Pink
She adore pink to the point the entire house was so. Even the bodies.
My Daughter
My Daughter keeps asking me why I am so sad.
My daughters been dead for 4 years.
The Builder
They told me not to build my house on a supposed graveyard. I believed them the night I heard knocking beneath my feet.
Phantom
I leaned in to kiss him for the first time, and when our lips touched I felt the sensation of cold marble against my skin. I woke up with my lips against his headstone, realizing I had been sleepwalking again.
New Clothes
I put on my new clothes to show my husband.
I can tell by his hollow and corpse eyes that he really likes it.