Occupation: Week Six
Rayne flung the front door open and dashed across the dead lawn, kicking up a mess of broken white spears that trailed to the ground behind her. An anguished…
Rayne flung the front door open and dashed across the dead lawn, kicking up a mess of broken white spears that trailed to the ground behind her. An anguished…
Come to me, my goddess from the East Fade this cruel reality to nil Take my sight, cloud my mind For this brief time subsume my will Come to me, my mistress…
...finally. When sweet Papa died, Mama & I carried his body to the volcano. We cried & wailed our Family Song over the island, ‘til birds took off in respect…
Scratching his head, Teras looked down at the earth. Specs of green and blankets of shimmering blue made him long for the ability to touch and feel them. He…
(My little sister’s attempt at poetry) Cloud You are very fluffy Why are you white? You should change color For fun. You are so high Do you want to come down…
We are barely surviving in the past of slave-run services. Every day with each day’s passing hour they are denied use of toilet facilities, breaks, family and…
This time the notes were long and leaden. Whereas the first song was meant to set the pace of their labor, this one was ponderous and sung low. Despire her…
The three giants continued to stare down at the uni-cloud, expressions of disbelief on their faces. “Grimmstuff,” Red said to Green, “Wot’s wiff dis wond’rous…
“Hey, hey! Stop this!” Melody cried. Her voice seemed to disrupt the rhyme and rythm of their song and the three men fell silent. They looked around for the…
The sun was shining brightly in the middle of the sky. Butterflies bounced lazily through the air. Everything seemed so nice. Melody beamed internally and…
The grass turned yellow, as it grew long in the summer heat laying flat on the ground. Where thick forests stood was now a maze of ashen totems of an earlier…
It was quiet. Some would say “too quiet”, but she didn’t go in for that kind of cliche. A gentle breeze caressed her body and annoyingly pushed her hair into…
As the bus heaved down the road, bouncing at every pothole and piece of trash in the way, Jonathon Roberts suddenly realized he had never met the driver. The…
Awakening to a new and strange world, I fall briskly through the turbulent air. Freshly birthed from Mother Cloud, I descend with my brothers and sisters to…