Not like the olden days, no, sitting ‘round a smoky table,holding sweat-stained cards,holding his face statue-still. No, this cowboy was scratching,scratching silver dust from a single shining card,still trying his luck. A mesh hat shaded his effort. Brown marble eyes with no white in them,searched for the easy out. His small, smooth face, beiged by filtered sun,contrasted with his arms, leather-ridged […]
Pier Fishing
It never stops—the wind rushing,constantly roaring past my ears.They never cease—the waves breaking,committing suicide on the sand. Birds tack into the wind, suspended,hovering still-lifes pinned against the sky.Why don’t they just go the easy way?There’s water in three directions. In the slower currents beneath the surface,fishes hide from hooks laid to pull theminto the rush […]
Get Your Shine On
It takes quite a bit of time for gravity to work material together to create a star. We’re talking millions, maybe even billions of years depending on the original conditions (amount of material available and at what density). So, time really is the essence, but gravity never hurries; it’s actually the weakest of the forces […]