Fiction – THE_BYZANTIUM

yer ferst

Yer ferst little terdin yer little trainer potty,no bigger than a pea,but you made it with your body!You such lov’d t’play “movin’ bowels,”ye tried three more times ‘fore throw’n in the towel;what a joy for da-da to see,that little terd no bigger than a pea!

kavame, kaptain

weds I have less than $1.50 in total bank assets. Payday is Friday. I could stay in and meditate but I have a revelation: pawn loans. I look up the value of the old PRS knockoff I got when I helped that guy move out and figure I’ll get enough to cover a couple nightsContinue reading “kavame, kaptain”

6 mos l8r

2much journaling to write; nothing worth writing about over living; wait til a lawyer tells you to journal, i say. Then you’ll learn. I am now learnt. The livings both bad and good. First, profoundly bad. The robots couldnt fixt it. Ttoo many typos. I gave up the martyrdom. Theres a new unrequited queen; sizeContinue reading “6 mos l8r”

Script: Mr G and Mr Robot #1

Mr Gringo: what is the best way forward for two adults with a 16 month old child who are dealing with the constant conflicts arising from issues of the past, when one person who is the mother of the child has decided not to complete counseling sessions that are focused on resolving and overcoming pastContinue reading “Script: Mr G and Mr Robot #1”

fourth

Her supremely pleasant nature suddenly arisen in our time together has me wondering if another shoe will drop. We take our girl to visit my friends three quarters hour south, bbq, shootthesheet. Our wives hit it off; she’s pregnant. We play some music in the den. The dogs are raucous, but well enough intentioned. OurContinue reading “fourth”

deputies at the door

she sees him on the phone after he told her he would call the police. Tired of her sleeping with the baby on the bed. An overreaction sure, but he tells her its just his mother, which it is. She says, you arent supposed to be talking to them, and you woke her up twice,Continue reading “deputies at the door”

4.24.24

At 11:11 PM he recalled:That day things seemed to pivot. Emotional momentum shifting. Palindromic. Fastforward to the night before last: her phone on the ground. What do the neighbors think? was it all numerological phooey? Not sure what to hope any more, she flys away daily for a week to work. He and the babeContinue reading “4.24.24”

wheelsonthebus

I’m coming back from the grocery store about 9pm when she texts me she needs the car all week. Won’t tell me why. The next time she texts me it’s 1:30am and she had just called me frantically to mess with me, ended the call in a furor. In the text she claims the babyContinue reading “wheelsonthebus”

what miracle

Each week a new struggle emerging from the constant chaos. something dark in her severe beautiful expression that separates us, keeps her and us from healing.O, bring us back to some place in our hearts when we could see things as if each of us were human:And if it was never good, how did weContinue reading “what miracle”

PTI4TMI

Her figure a shadow in the dark of the room behind him: what are you doing? Nothing. Show me your phone. No. She thinks it’s something worse than it is. Lewd videos perhaps. A text to a girlfriend. She grabs the phone. He knows what he’s written won’t please her. He knows in any caseContinue reading “PTI4TMI”