Category Archives: Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie and Wordle
HOW FLOSSIE SEES FLORA
My friend, Flossie, was a flibbertigibbet, sure enough. She was a’flutter with her latest bit of fault finding. Her neighbor, Flora, was flaunting too much flesh. The way Flossie tells it, she, herself, had been a fashionista back in the … Continue reading
EVIL LURKS WITHIN
The entry lights up the ethereal beauty of the exoteric community, belying the evil that lives within. The residents had enough to be comfortable and did not care to emulate the elite who lived elsewhere – somewhere beyond the easements … Continue reading
IS A ROOMIE WORTH IT?
I glanced over at my much maligned cellmate – okay, my roomie, who deserves to be maligned. His torporific habits kept him bound in the room planning how to scrimshank the negligible expectations I might have of him. He was … Continue reading
COME HOME, MY SON
So this is the outcome! You began the wanderjahr of chasing your dream on a pennyworth of funds, with a pint of whiskey and a sleeping bag, and fists quick to punch. What now, Wastrel? Metals pawned? Marooned on cement? … Continue reading
LOVE NEVER DIES
The summer tradition had begun several years ago and was cherished by Todd’s family long before the tragedy occurred. Cyan had sweet memories of summer camps with candles burning until the paraffin gradually melted to the nubs. The elders would … Continue reading
WOULD THEY LOVE ME ANYWAY?
My life is a mal de coucou. But I guard that secret as if it were a Golem’s Truth As I portray nonchalance and strength, I have a parallel life which consists of a nervous desire to please. On one … Continue reading
HEARING DEATH’S KNELL
“Your voracious habit will lead to certain death.” That was the pronouncement of the eminent physician whom I had gone to see regarding my troubling misbehavior. The words clouded my mind as my world began to crumble. The sound of … Continue reading
LUCKY LUDIC LUCY
In the fair fields of Edelweiss, Tommy first saw the ludic Lucy as she frolicked about luring the larks with bits of birdseed. Her life appeared so idyllic, but in truth she had been cursed by her Aunt Augustella. Aunt Augustella had signed an irrevocable … Continue reading
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