Teach Me To Dance
the push to save, the push to wed, the push to separate, the push to push and rarely to inspire has sopped up what little time granted to me
The Ice of Her Curse
The rubble of the village he spent the night in on a dare wasn’t hard to find. I never got the impression that Germany was vast by any means. Actually, sometimes I felt pretty hemmed in by mountains and people. I stood amongst the ruins while my guide stood some distance off. I felt I could stay among the ruins and rest for some time since I had just gotten off the Autobahn with the same guide who didn’t have the courage to follow me into the ruins. I scoffed; here was a fellow who went at a speed I wouldn’t attempt on the Midwestern prairies, turning around and looking at me while cars zoomed by asking if “American worry?”
I Never Write About Vampires
A woman who tries not to laugh is so unattractive when holding a very expensive crystal wine glass in her delicate hand. The very expensive red glow in the delicate crystal globe sloshes around like a well-bodied beer because of her momentary lapse of decorum; unacceptable.
No Such Soul Should Suffer
She reached forward, her slender wrist exposed from beneath her coat only for a moment. She busied herself with placing the can goods back upon the shelf. The memory of her steady pulse just beneath her skin caused him to shudder, fighting attraction.
She Rattles, She Doesn’t Knock
After my wife left me I felt a terrible loss because she took the dog and the cat with her. She left angry.