saplings sprout
from the ornate trim
of a once-grand mosque.
Category Archives: Life
PROMPT: Share
Share it with whom? What if it’s one of those “King Solomon cuts the baby in half” scenarios? Alas, life is not always like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you do know what you’re going to get… a dead baby, that’s what.
PROMPT: Broken the Law
I watched enough Wile E. Coyote to know when someone is trying to dance me under an anvil.
Prompt: Biography
Slow Learner Sings the Blues
PROMPT: At Your Age
I suspect they’d have been making strange and new noises every time they got up from a seat, as well as experiencing randomly distributed sharp shooting pains every once in a while. The apple, presumably, doesn’t fall far from the tree.
PROMPT: News
Seek a second and third independent source. The News is increasingly unreliable.
PROMPT: Lost Interest
I used to play with blocks and Lincoln Logs, but as I was not interested in majoring in Architecture, there was no way to respectably continue the activity.
PROMPT: Ideal Day
I wake up. I don’t die. I go to sleep.
PROMPT: Perspective on Life
Becoming less afraid of death makes one bolder, but being more prone to stay injured for extended periods makes one more cautious. Maybe it all just equals out.
PROMPT: To-Do List
The writing of a “to-do list.”

