Tag Archives: animals
Not Red Lobster Material
Day 9 of National Poetry Writing Month. coconut shrimp and cheddar biscuits doomed crustaceans wrestling in a murky tank as one weary waitress works the whole room beneath dusty prints of fishing villages no fresh fish or fresh ideas here … Continue reading
no shit
Day 8 of NaPoWriMo. Our dog can’t clean her own ass so I’m holding her like a baby while my wife wipes with a wet paper towel and she (the dog, not my wife) squirms and grumbles as would anyone … Continue reading
Filling Their Baskets
Day 5 of National Poetry Writing Month. The optional prompt for today was to put a mythological creature in a mundane situation. The Easter Bunny attends a sex-addiction support group that meets every Tuesday in the basement of a Presbyterian … Continue reading
Our Family Holiday Newsletter
Season’s Greetings, from our family to yours! We hope you are well, and that the joy and light of the holidays illuminate your world. The pandemic has changed our lives forever. We started washing our hands for the first time, … Continue reading
Amazon Review of Sugar-Free Juicy Fruit Chewing Gum
One Star I only had two pieces of your gum and it tasted pretty good but I left the package on the couch and my shih tzu ate 32 pieces and started puking all over the living room because you … Continue reading
Learning from the Master
nonsense, she said her eyes never leaving the road when you want to swear just say ‘nonsense’ one more breadcrumb on the path to enlightenment which we both know she is closer to than I am we’re silent for a … Continue reading
Always Orbiting
in space, no one can hear you scream at your kids so your neighbors don’t think you’re such a jerk and the lack of gravity means everyone else dances as badly as you do but cleaning up dog shit is … Continue reading
Parenting Goals
if my moody tween daughter opens the microwave while she’s yelling and stomping around the kitchen I’m going to push her in and slam the door and test the urban legend about exploding hamsters I know, I know she’s much … Continue reading
G-o-d/D-o-g
Jesus rose for lot of folks, he didn’t rise for me the resurrection saved their souls mine didn’t have to be that’s not to say I think you’re wrong if you submit to Christ enjoy yourself! say your prayers! be … Continue reading
The Shih Tzu Redemption
the little dog digs holes in the backyard trying to escape a life she didn’t choose in a house where cruel cats hiss and children hit each other with pillows, frightening her, and the people once took her for a … Continue reading
...said the blind man... 