The Joy Of Lying

I take delight in flagrant oxymorons. I’m tickled when I find them popping out Of statements by officials who have gone wrong But try to plant a reasonable doubt. These bumbling authorities tell whoppers And wonder why they never are believed. The Big Lie, so they think, is the foundation Of trust between deceivers and

November Conversation

“It’s getting late, old friend,” said Death. And you are growing old.” “But I have light and warmth and breath,” I don’t yet feel the cold.” “Your skin’s too loose for you. Your hair Is white and getting thin. Release your spirit from its lair To take its final spin.” “But I’m still dancing with

One Nation Individual

The Daily Kos for Friday, November 5th, 2021, reported that Oroville, California, a hotbed of Covid-19 denialism and mask refusal, has seceded from both the United States of America and the State of California. Mayor Chuck Reynolds and Vice-Mayor Scott Thompson declared Oroville a “constitutional republic,” independent of both the national and the state governments.

Horror Stories

Second Shortest Horror Story I Know The last person on Earth sat alone in a room.  There was a knock on the door. .Shortest Horror Story I know The last person on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a lock on the door.

Death’s Dominion

The dead don’t walk. All you have heard of that is Spook-chat and scare-talk. The dead are dead, and dead they’ll stay. The heroes in the greenwood, the king of once and future time, Arthur and Coeur de Lyon, bold Robin Hood: all gone away. God’s dead to Mary, but still in her mind a

Bumps In The Night

Bumps In The Night It was Halloween in the little town of Wayne Bridge, New Hampshire. Spiderman; The Wicked Witch of the West; Dracula wearing a cape, with plastic fangs in his mouth; The Grim Reaper in a hooded black robe and a very realistic skull mask, carrying a sickle; Wonder Woman; and Batman were