Sabrina drove the curved path to the cottage. She had memorized the road over the past few days. Her husband seemed gleeful when she told him she would be going out of town for the weekend. She shook her head, wondering what was going to come of that situation. Taking a deep breath she forced all thoughts of her home life out of her mind. She parked and retrieved her duffle bag from the back seat. Turning to walk to the d...

Once a year I drive out to see my daughter and her family. I have made the thirty-hour drive every year since she moved to Arizona. The truth is I first made the trip before I even had a family. There are a few stops that I haven’t been to in quite some time. I think this is the year to do so. My F150 is packed with fishing and camping gear and I’m ready to point this trusty steed west. Driving on this two-lane highway, I...

Sabrina was settled under Jack's arm as they drove around aimlessly. He thought about the urgency he felt when he received her text and his mad dash to get to The Drip. It was now nearly midnight and he was content and happy. The morning was encroaching on his serenity. He saw the wedding ring on her finger. He didn’t know the story there. A war of doing what was right and what he wanted, raged in his mind. He leaned down...

Sabrina thought that this painting course would make her feel better. She envisioned walking into the class, picking up a brush, and bam, the huge hole she felt inside her would be filled. She had married young. People told her she should wait but who can tell a twenty-two-year-old what to do? Fifteen years had flown by. She understood the normal ebbs and flows of life. She was now thirty-seven, the large loud family that...

The corridor is quiet at this early hour. Monitors in the surrounding rooms chirp like mechanical crickets. It is another sleepless night as I stare motionless at the ceiling, trapped in a plaster cast from armpits to pubis. Titanium rods are attached to the cast and extend above my head securing the halo traction which is anchored to my skull with four stainless steel screws. Head movement is impossible, even if I weren'...

Holiday lights of red and green scatter across the living room ceiling, and walls. Paintings, photographs, and sculpture spotted in the laser ballet. In the picture window, the lights shine through, covered with our oiled body prints. Minutes before, spread-eagled, tits smashed against the glass, as I take you from behind. Euphoric cries silent to the street, as I withdraw and spew my seed on you and the window. Resting,...

Gotta flee Pasadena Leave this home Head towards the ocean To be alone. Just for the night To clear my head Don't do it now I'll end up dead. Passing through the tunnels Life feels tumbled Gotta fight This mental jungle. Eagle Rock, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Hollywood, Sunset Strip Tom Petty's playing at the Whiskey A Go-Go Still heading west. Palm trees burning Dark sky, orange haze LAX, landing jetliners I've gone a ways....