Big Stories in Two Little Sentences
He woke up covered in sweat, nervous, with his heart beating really hard due to that dreadful nightmare: he stabbed his own wife while she was sleeping, with such an anger…
His hands were soaked in some kind of red dense liquid, he was holding a knife.
As the shadows made their way up the mountains of the Eastern Kentucky town of Hazard on a muggy, August Friday night, the four handsome boys, all of high school age, reached for a beer from the back of the shiny, black SUV.
Four hours later, as the EMT’s pulled the last of the four boys’ lifeless bodies out of the twisted heap of metal, four pairs of parents sat on their living room couches in their comfortable homes, completely unaware of the pain that would soon come their way.
Angela was consumed with fear each time her husband left the house thanks to the increase in crime in her neighborhood so she secretly bought a gun to protect herself. One morning the security alarm went off so Angela ran down the stairs and shot the shadowy figure that was trespassing; Angela turned on the light only to find her husband lying in a pool of blood holding a bouquet of roses.
At night, everything comes to life.
Watch out for the toaster!
Mary wept. Twenty minutes later, she began waking Frank, Ned and Bianca, filled cereal bowls, started the wash, found stamps for the piles of bills and opened the drapes to another dreary 6 a.m.
I want to be more mysterious.
(Why did i say that ?)
When I felt most deeply moved by the Holy Spirit my loved ones told me that was not where God wanted me. They were right: He doesn’t exist.
I knew from the beginning I would be wed to my Lord, though I fought my father’s decision bitterly, having privately accepted my lot to rule my family’s lower household. Father longed to raise our name from ashes into greatness, however, so he offered me up to my Lord — a widowed, aging weasel, who had no heir to his name, his stature or his wealth — never guessing such dealings might breed a bitter, vindictive heart in his precious daughter.
Driving home, I made up the most incredibly cool rap song.
Unfortunately there’s no paper and pens in the car so I guess I’ll just have to stay being a banker.
I know we just met but let me just say straight up that I think we’ll make awesome online friends.
We’ll have to stop seeing each other in real life of course.
We have taught each other so much in the time we’ve spent together.
You’ve taught me about love and hope and justice and I’ve taught you about lentils and parachute pants and how to fold little paper dogs out of any spare scrap you find.
Seeing her husband exit the mens room while she still waited online, Madeline turned to the woman behind her and commented, “I know why women live 7 years longer than men.
“It’s comp time for ladies room lines.”
I shall turn on the hot water tap.
And there shall be clouds.
As the pieces rolled down the assembly lines I think I saw the construction robots pause just a little.
If they understand they are building ConstructorBotV2.5 then I think we’ve got trouble coming.
Quantum physics tells us that two particles can entangle and then act as one, miles apart, simultaneously.
I wish other stuff was Quantum.
After all my years in poverty I decided to get real and expose myself.
Now I’m rich, shivering and cold and wishing I could take it all back.
What was I thinking about when I decided to join this elite unit that defies the odds, goes on secret, dangerous missions behind enemy lines after jumping out of an airplane at 30,000 feet?
Semper Fi
When I was a child, hide-and-seek was my favourite game: I relished the thrill of being chased, and evading capture.
I killed him to keep that thrill alive, now the police are “it.”
A fact: people are soluble in water.
Eventually.