Rose

what was the difference?
why call them by another name?
these 140 character stories
looked and felt
like a 50 year old poem.

Saturday afternoon

i’m almost done, she said typing furiously. the first part of a two-step plan was almost complete. now all she had to do was find true love.

4 short stories

Abstinence
she didn’t have to write much. just 2000 words. but she did have to mention everything important till then. and when it was done she could live.

Fate
they plotted his death. far away, he was oblivious - eating a banana, dreaming of mangoes. he threw the peel, got up, slipped and died.

And don’t pick your nose
and then she fell. tumbled down the stairs, bumping her head on the banister. everything went black. she always knew her laces were too long

Good night
her eyes were closing. she held them open with imaginary cartoon toothpicks. and typed. the world was awake. online never slept. F5