• The Appointment

    A man has an appointment for his eyes. He knows he will be late. He makes himself busy. The art of delay. No taxi. No signal. Book next time. Next time is weeks away. Then a slot opens. 7am. He says yes. Why not. He arrives. A statue of Athena. Wisdom is knowing the mind is always late to life. War is arriving with open eyes. The child knew. The child has always known.

  • Tatami (畳)

    Tatami means to fold or pile up. A woman stands in the rain. Her bag is black. Her lips are red. Beelzebub sits on a traffic light watching. She unfolds a mat nine times. Each fold is a memory. Childhood. Heartbreak. Funeral. Prayer. The ninth fold is empty. Empty is not absence. Empty is space. Devi hears. The waiting is the prayer. The prayer is the fold.

  • Freedom From The Mind

    A man wants to leave work. Then he doesn’t. Another man joins. Jealousy rises but who am I to judge. The boss is lonely. Both men like her. A demon sits in the corner watching. Ferries move on dark water going nowhere going everywhere. When I am drunk they cannot take my truth. The real freedom is freedom from the mind. Expand.

  • The Milk Never Spoils

    A father stands on a roof because he forgot where he parked the car. The car is in the kitchen. It has always been in the kitchen. His son is six and forty-seven. Time is a liar. Mother stirs milk that never stops boiling. Three wine bottles. Two men. One woman. Death files paperwork. The milk spreads on the floor and becomes everything. Drink it before you’re born.

  • Do Not Look, Switch

    A surreal nightmare artwork in prose. You wake inside a warm receipt, lose your name to a stamp, a dog wears your face, clocks cook secrets, and a ship-hat goddess turns applause into confetti gunshots. A sideways lift trades peace for pressure. A hidden rider and black horse crash in with ocean fire. Then a stamp declares one organism, and the story asks you to write it, now, with clear eyes.