Ergo, the Ogre
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The ‘pause
Slow, sweat-nasty burn. Nothin’ sexy here, Bozo. It’s Menopause, yeah? Back away real slow. Don’t make no sudden movements — nobody’ll get hurt.
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Nobody
Darkness fell like sin Sultry N’awlins summer night. Nobody seen us.
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The Waiter
Schaller’s Pump, the oldest bar in Chicago, clossed in 2017. https://tinyurl.com/8pk4nhpw
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The Class of 51
Picture it: 1966 in Arlington Heights, IL at Our Lady of Perpetual Angst Catholic School. Mrs. Ludy’s third grade class had been designing their special Valentine mailboxes all week. Snippets of red construction paper cut with blunt-nose scissors speckled the classroom floor. Tatters of paper lace doilies and glitter stuck to clothes and jackets while…
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Share Your World | 5/3/2021
It’s Monday again which means it’s time for Share Your World hosted by Melanie of SparksfromaCombustibleMind fame. Would you rather be a super nice person and be depressed all your life, or be happy and a total *sshole? (Credit goes to Cyranny for this question, aired on one of her “Cyranny’s Quickies” posts.) I’m not sure either…
Got any book recommendations?
aka, The Abject Muse 