The winter child, matchstick in hand, Marched through the bitter frost; Hunted the warmth, feeling unloved, Burned down the village croft.
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A Black Cat Moment
I see a king wearing his crown, sitting on a cloud, not wanting to come down.
A Black Cat Moment, The Missing Titan, Part 4
The New Titanic “Waste, modern heirs, your infamy!” cries she With open eyes. “Give me your greedy, your rich, Your quiet few lusting to die freely, The cheerful consent of your barren flight. Plunge these, the prosperous, trouble-free to me, I yank their pride into the murky light!”
A Black Cat Moment, The Missing Titan Part 3
Dear Missing Five, Is your curiosity whetted now? It killed YOU. Do you find now my dead minions entertaining? They killed YOU. Do you see now my Oceans Kingdom have been nothing more than an active open grave? They own YOU. Do you like now how your soul is sea floating? God owns YOU. DoContinue reading “A Black Cat Moment, The Missing Titan Part 3”
A Black Cat Moment, The Missing Titan Part 2
Dear Missing Titan, Has this been your way to bomb me with love? I ask you for I have much been enjoying counting the number of ways you have kept mentioning my name. Let’s see. Sea floor. Sea base. Sea bed. C-17. High seas. Let’s wait and see. Deep-sea mapping. Deep-sea search. See what IContinue reading “A Black Cat Moment, The Missing Titan Part 2”
A Black Cat Moment, The Missing Titan Part 1
Dear Missing Titan, How misled you were. You attempted to compete with me. You did not know my dark depths. You wanted to know, so you chose to trespass. Breathless, you were left. That should now teach others to never build a vessel to control the pitch-black sea. There are no miracles here. I governContinue reading “A Black Cat Moment, The Missing Titan Part 1”
A Black Cat Moment
I found a paper bag the whistling wind blew my way. It had no handle, no hold. It was empty inside, no purpose, no fold. I decided to pick it up from where it had been flown and walk with it to the market. We went up and down the vegetable and fruit aisles andContinue reading “A Black Cat Moment”
A Black Cat Moment : Faith and Fire
For Bridget Bishop Salem’s demonic mobocracy hides behind the mask of melancholy. The receipt of her married life had been intertwined between faith and fire. However, it was Satan who baptized her faith through fire. God commanded: “You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eatContinue reading “A Black Cat Moment : Faith and Fire”
A Black Cat Moment: A Letter from Feathers to Her Soulmate, Part 2
Printed Permission Granted by His Majesty Pluto My Orpheus, Your love for me was so deep. Down to Hades to save me you traveled from the upper crusty world, that place where our brief marriage had soon ended. We did not have Hymen’s eternal blessing. Or, did we? Yet, unlike those two lovers whose crossedContinue reading “A Black Cat Moment: A Letter from Feathers to Her Soulmate, Part 2”
The Figure Eight
Scene III. [The Bar’s Ladies Loo.] Enter BLACK CAT, sola. BLACK CAT His Majesty thinks I may be weak willed about supporting Feathers’ empty efforts at wanting to love her soulmate. He’s wrong. This common room I thought was just a line of ordinary stalls. It looks and feels like a silky lounge. What aContinue reading “The Figure Eight”