December 2010
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Bedroom Eyes
When she looked back into my eyes, that’s when I knew it was love. She had a way of showing you exactly what she was thinking with a simple glance. I was too scared to tell her the first time she gave me that look, but I knew we’d meet again
Summer 2006. She walked into the room and life erupted from her. I saw colours that I’d never seen before. Her aura was platinum blonde. I mean, she...
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Lessons in Fatherhood
“What happens after you die?”
It’s about time he’d started asking me questions like this. I’ve waited for this for a long time.
“I don’t know. Nobody knows.”
“At church they said you go to Heaven. Don’t you go to Heaven?”
“At church they say a lot of things. Do you ever question the stories they tell you at church?”
“Sometimes. I can’t understand that story about the world...
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My Muse
Her hair sits atop her head in a twisted bundle as she peers at the glowing screen of her laptop. She can’t hear me because she’s ignoring me due to my annoying habits of distraction. I feel cut-off from her as she distances herself from me. I want to scream, I’ll change, I’ll be good, as she makes me feel like an abandoned pet watching its owner drive off.
The tables have turned. Now she’s...