She took the training wheels off of her daughter’s bicycle that morning, knowing she would have to give her a push later to get started and then let her child ride or fall, while she held her breath, watching.
“Wheeeeeee, Mom, this is fun!”
Humble Pie
Jogging down the trail, in the green of spring, I saw a beautiful cluster of butterflies in the path. As they gracefully fluttered off at my approach a startled laugh escaped at the realization that even a butterfly’s got to eat a little crap now and then.
The Ironic Move
She waited 15 years to finally have stability and even begged her husband to get a stable job so she could get out of God forsaken Wales – a beautiful country with hardly any crime. Unfortunately, they wound up moving to Houston – an ugly city with nothing but crime.
Miss
I miss you.
I am Cupid and I say who falls in love, not you.
The English Alphabet
The English Alphabet
There are two absolutes that are brought to bare on the written English Alphabet. Who, specifically, determined the 26 symbols for writing it and its infinitesimal usage.
Sleep
I found pictures of me sleeping on my phone. Ilive alone.
Sleep
I found pictures of me sleeping on my phone. Ilive alone.
Horror Movie
A lot of things were playing on his mind as he stayed glued on his seat watching a horror movie from his laptop. The lights suddenly went off.
Supposing
I caressed the empty space in our bed, still warm where once you were and supposed that you were gone forever. Soon my pillow was soaked with tears, my body exhausted by wrenching sobs, and then I heard the toilet flush.
*
Dating
If you command, she will obey.
Dating secret #6.
Undesirable
She sat there watching him as he started to pass out with his head about to hit the coffee table, slobber running down his chin, unlit cigarette hanging from his mouth. “And he wonders why I won’t let him touch me anymore”, she mumbled under her breath.
Night
The night is yours.
May I visit?
Confession of Truth
She didn’t say “I told you so,” as I had expected but I could see the glint in her eye when I recounted my tail that betrayed her amusment. I never thought that loosing my girlfriend could be so entertaining.
Youth
I am not wasting my youth, I protested to her.
IT’S ALREADY WASTED!
Mother on the phone
The bored little girl, fed up of sitting still, walked over to her mother who was talking about ovens on the phone and asked why Peter could not climb trees.
After describing her ideal oven to her friend, her mother replied, “because Peter is a fish.”
Grandma
The guttural voice chanted “the restless dead weary of their bondage”.
It’s Grandma on the phone!
Deodorant
I shook the can of deodorant.
A tiny voice yelled, stop it!
Truthfully illustrated
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Dead Skunk
She sat on the side of the road, staring at the body, flattened and bloodied by her oversized SUV, wondering if she should call someone or just leave and try to get the smell of the creature off of her. She felt bad in a way, because after all, every creature has it’s redeeming qualities, but he had cheated on her with her own sister, so of course, he had to die.
Ideal
At my job I have the ideal situation!
Work about thirty minutes a day and no drug tests!