WHEN DID SHE DIE?

a rantangent short story A woman is found dead in her apartment after eviction proceedings for unpaid rent lead to the landlord, accompanied by a deputy Sheriff, knocking and entering the unit. An enclosure of dark red sparkles in the sunlight beaming through the door past the two men’s shadows. Stunned, shocked, horrified. They say …

This Thing

There is this thingWhich cannot be seen Doctors have namesFor the damage it doesBut they know not the causeNot even one Some things can be curedSome things go awayBut this learned thingLead the world astray Pray, please pray,night and day,Silence its soundDo as I say No time to waste,Bitter aftertaste,No life inside,The body disgracedA face …

Progress?! Tim the Toolman Taylor: “Whaaauauauahhh?!”

We need new phones, faster more reliable networks of internet, electric cars, longer lasting batteries, less fossil fuel dependence, more synthetic materials, recycling plastics, natural chemicals, desalination techniques to make ocean water “fresh”, more efficient household appliances, safer cars, radiation-less everything, city lights, highway lights, cameras everywhere to watch the public, track peoples’ movements, consumption …