You Know How We Are

Written with the prompts: you know how we are, working on a list of things to do, no gray only black or white, what?, doors with round corners, rusty knife under the pillow, felt blue, what is your heart doing, worry a lot less every day, remembering/forgetting, it looked impossible, Mom smiled down at me, … Continue reading You Know How We Are

Afterlife

I wrote this with my Thursday night group, and many of the prompts were inspired by the Colbert Questionnaire from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.  See if you can figure out which ones:  what is the best sandwich?, scariest animal, apples or oranges, what do you think happens after we die, favorite action movie, … Continue reading Afterlife

Exile

Written with the prompts:  she could see no one, Mother’s Rest, Oklahoma, power, read books real hard, you smell terrible, to this day, where’s Bill, what about the body?, a sense of neighborhood, story?, you need to leave, gift, typical summer weather, kiss, what they taught me  She could see no one anymore, isolated as … Continue reading Exile