Saturday, October 22, 2016

edge of the campfire





she had never felt so desperate and alone
she remembered all her sisters
singing songs when she was not there

the hunters were gathering in the forest

“375 degrees gets the perfect crispness you want”

because nobody really knows what is going on

this was excitement such as he had only dreamed of
but he felt travis’s cold eyes on him
when he should have been thinking of josie

i am sorry, i can not continue
especially in my present lofty position
which i have achiieved through my own hard work

i always stood up for the little guy
ask anybody who knows the score
they are out there, waiting


do you see smiles on their faces?
neither did the little guys
who only wanted little girls to call their own

a man does not rise to the occasion
when the futility and sorrow wash over him
to him she was always a woman

make no mistake, my friend
nobody knows the score
when they get to the top of the stairs

and they come face to face with the man
who tells you it just can’t go on
because we can dream, can’t we?


sources: the tenement kid, by karl edd; this kill is mine, by dean evans; say it with bullets, by richard powell; mistress of horror house, by william woody; drink with the dead, by j m flynn; run from the hunter, by keith grantland; operation - murder, by lionel white; the teachers, by jerry weil; man divided, by dean douglas; cry at dusk, by lester dent; about doctor ferrel, by day keene; search for surrender, by borden deal; woman soldier, by arnold rodin


Monday, October 17, 2016

the top of the stairs





he felt the same deep thrill of excitement
that he had felt on that distant november day
he stopped at the top of the stairs

what’s going on out there?
to him she was still a woman
this was something that couldn’t go on

he waited at the top of the stairs

“if i turn around and go back, no one will ever know”

the hunters would be coming soon enough

i wasn’t even there
but i felt the same deep thrill of excitement
but i wished i was there

to him she was still a woman
even though she was not at the top of the stairs
eternal mysterious woman


letting the futility and the sorrow wash over her
although she wasn’t even there
my mind was dwelling on girls

so there wouldn’t be any mistakes
he was as cold and mean as they come
to the little guys who were caught in the net

no, there wouldn’t be any mistakes
a man does not rise to the occasion
the hunters would be coming soon enough

the futility and the sorrow were washed away in the rain
who’s sorry now?
we all make mistakes


sources: the tenement kid, by karl edd; this kill is mine, by dean evans; say it with bullets, by richard powell; mistress of horror house, by william woody; drink with the dead, by j m flynn; run from the hunter, by keith grantland; operation - murder, by lionel white; the teachers, by jerry weil; man divided, by dean douglas; cry at dusk, by lester dent; about doctor ferrel, by day keene; search for surrender, by borden deal; woman soldier, by arnold rodin



Saturday, October 8, 2016

harley and delilah, part 2





she just had to see for herself
when she wished to transfer u s 21.4m
i await your reply with all due confidence

enough with the warnings, please
i am a creature of dreams
but i need assistance in this dimension

as dreamers often do
for i am only a girl
who has been warned repeatedly

“if you could look into my heart, you might be surprised”

i will try to be careful

“you are a strange creature - but fascinating!”

harley had seen and done terrible things
things burned into his brain with serpentine lasers
he did not want to hurt delilah

harley was just a boy
his dossier is available through the proper channels
the other side has used similar messages in the past

he has never expressed remorse for the terrible things he has done
delilah was just a girl
but harley, being just a boy, was strangely enchanted

delilah just had to see for herself
that harley was a boy
because she was only a girl

be careful
they will go to any length to obtain personal information
i need assistance