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penny dreadful commented on the post, silence 3 years ago

Nero stepped gingerly around the pucker brush and leaned into the fence. They perked up for a second, hearing the crackle, then calmed, one dog nuzzling against the others fur. So nice, he thought, so likeable, these dogs when they’re not barking and nipping and yapping and keeping me up. He peeled the meat from the baggie and tossed it over the…[Read more]
penny dreadful commented on the post, stealth 6 years ago

At cockcrow, he absconded into the shadows. An empty can of spray paint rattled down the alley, red still oozing from the nozzle.
penny dreadful commented on the post, backlit 6 years ago

With a pop and a hiss the flames took and he gasped, transfixed. He should be running over the field but his feet froze in the ground and his eyes blurred in the glare. They’ll be coming soon, he knew, to find me here with charred fingers, warming in the glow of my masterpiece. He lit a cigarette and waited. So hot.
penny dreadful commented on the post, wrapped 6 years ago

darling,

The party was a dud and ended early. I’ve gone to bed without a wit of strength left. It’s sad to imagine I’m not as popular as I’d like to think. Still, the left over spread is in the fridge covered in foil. Eat all you want and join me upstairs. I’ll need a back rub in the morning.

yours
penny dreadful commented on the post, steady 6 years ago

I expected more from a drummer. But in the morning he vanished and the fog rolled in.
penny dreadful commented on the post, decompose 6 years, 1 month ago

Anita tries a Fire Ball

crinkle. crinkle.
pop.
hmmm. hmmm.hmmm..
oh. ooh. ooh. ooooh.
ow. ow. hot. ooow. oomowow.
owhmmm.
ooh. ooh. aah.
hmmm.
crunch.
hmmmm. oh yeah.
penny dreadful commented on the post, montage 6 years, 1 month ago

Sergei slipped his arm around her back and led her to the darkened editing chamber. The smell of his skin, all manly spice and musk, flirted in her nose. She felt her spine quiver and moistened her lips which suddenly felt dry. He leaned in closer to reach for the door. Her heart quickened as she inhaled again. Spice and musk. Tobacco, vodka…[Read more]
penny dreadful commented on the post, collage 6 years, 1 month ago

I can taste the salt in
my wounds and I wash
my toes in
the waves crashed against the boat
sending me to
pieces of bullet fragments
of a disturbed mind
over matter
of taste
It’s delicious. So rich and so sweet.
penny dreadful commented on the post, antithesis 6 years, 1 month ago

Felicity sank into the tub of water. Fireworks exploded as she plunged the razor into her arm. So beautiful. The colors.
penny dreadful commented on the post, manhattan 6 years, 2 months ago

She reached and grabbed and poured and shook and he watched. A drop of red juice trickling down her arm.
penny dreadful commented on the post, soap 6 years, 2 months ago

After the abortion fiasco, Ariadne’s hair began to fall out. Steel stood by her side and reminded her that he’d taken an oath to love her, rich or poor, fat or skinny, in sickness and in health, with hair or without hair. She realized after the nightclub fire that he hadn’t vowed to love her with skin or without. But it was too late.
penny dreadful commented on the post, ensue 6 years, 2 months ago

It started as an innocent prank.
penny dreadful commented on the post, planter 6 years, 2 months ago

On her One-Minute Date with a Podiatrist

warts bunions calluses corns
cysts infections incisions thorns
ulcerations lacerations amputations
thorns?
She shook her head and shook his hand
He’s rich she guessed
Handsome she knew
But could she ever fall for a man
without removing her shoes
penny dreadful commented on the post, café 6 years, 2 months ago

Eavesdropping
on the couple at the next table
she burned her lips on the black
arabica, spilled
and stained her skirt
penny dreadful commented on the post, metro 6 years, 3 months ago

Grumbling stomach and jangling tail
the dragon breathes in and out
exhaling your turning pages of magazines
your ringtones of chirps and tweets
and messages Important! Don’t Forget!
I tried to sleep. The dragon lulled.
But you’re constant nudging in my ribs
interferred.
penny dreadful commented on the post, creature 6 years, 3 months ago

Daddy told me I was the spawn of Creature Double Feature on Channel 56. Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster. It wasn’t exactly the birds and the bees answer I’d been hoping for but it made sense. I nodded my head and made Barbie do a split.
penny dreadful commented on the post, anchor 6 years, 3 months ago

He finally went to the emergency room on the 9th day of July, five days after the epic tug-of-war competition. Surgeons performed a skin graft to repair the damage to his hands, arms and back. Movement might be limited for a time, they told him. But god willing, he’d be anchoring the team again next summer.
penny dreadful commented on the post, dashboard 6 years, 3 months ago

He sat for a spell in the mangled wreck, breathing in her scent. Jasmine, cigarettes and gasoline. The aroma of death. The mix tape was still in the cassette player. He ejected it and kissed the Play button.
penny dreadful commented on the post, trench 6 years, 3 months ago

Thighs of milk
a mile long
he dug in
took a drink
nestled deep
in the hollow
and whistled
his daughter’s name
penny dreadful commented on the post, vines 6 years, 3 months ago

The big bodied Italian
assaulted my mouth
aggressive and rash
at first just too brash
she lingered and caressed
her fat sassy ass
on the nose of my throat
til I ordered another glass
Um. Wait. Make that a bottle, please.

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