WHAT? YOU ACTUALLY FINISHED A BOOK?
Is the fault in the stars or in my inability
to concentrate on one book at a time.
The time arrived to put childish things
behind me and to concentrate on
one nearly 500-page book by Englishman
turned American
Lee Child. His Jack Reacher books
feature a giant of a man who
pales in comparison to small, but
handsome Lee Child on the back cover.
Reacher is left up to our imagination.
He never stays put for long. Carries
a toothbrush in his pocket and loves
coffee, any kind will do. Even burnt,
I suppose.
There's a knock on my front door.
The red door. Come on I yell
from my upstairs study.
Make yourself at home, I shout down.
His heavy footstep tromps into the
kitchen where he finds my leftover
coffee in a mug reading "I love cats"
and heats it up over the stove.
I descend the stairs. Save me a
couple sips, I say. "Midnight
Line" was a great book, I say.
"I'm a fan of Clyde Cussler and
Ross MacDonald," he says.
We sit in the living room and
talk about - what else? -
our love of books.
cecil stokes author
https://www.short-story.net/
THE LITTLE GUY BLINKS
AND STARES, BLINKS
AND STARES
The 3-year-old stood steady
on the sidewalk near
Kremp Florist
Pop-Pop at his side
What could hold their attention
in the 90-degree heat?
The cloudless blue sky?
The roar of the cars
streaming by?
The high-rise is going up!
First the parking gargage
Don't tell the little guy
but it's where lots of
crimes take place in
movies.
The huge crane seems
to scrape the sky
backhoes and earthmoving
machines parade across
the gravel that spits
tiny stones and fogs up
like mist in the
early morning.
Our Little Guy will never
forget the love ole gray-
haired mustachioed
Pop-Pop showed for him
And when he grows up
to be a backhoe driver,
swiveling, then bobbing
he'll keep Pop-Pop's
photo alive on the dashboard.
steve coleman's natal eclipse
MR ROGERS BATHES THE ELEPHANTS
I woke up just in time
Mr Rogers had on a brilliant
emerald green cardigan and
invited his listeners -
including myself! - to
meet the elephant family
"Go back! Go back!" is what
the elephant keeper told
his elephant family, who
backed up against the wall
A huge hose squirts the five
or six elephants, then moves
them into another room with
very tall walls
and sprays them with
suds. They love the suds
and baby elephant rolls
on the floor in the suds
Such big floppy ears!
The elephant keeper explains
they drink 40 gallons of water
a day with their trunks, which
bring water to their mouths
At the end of the day they will
go outside into the vast area
in which they live and will be
fed fruits and vegetables.
I like elephants, says Mr Rogers
in his emerald green cardigan
and I'll bet you do too.
***
Is the fault in the stars or in my inability
to concentrate on one book at a time.
The time arrived to put childish things
behind me and to concentrate on
one nearly 500-page book by Englishman
turned American
Lee Child. His Jack Reacher books
feature a giant of a man who
pales in comparison to small, but
handsome Lee Child on the back cover.
Reacher is left up to our imagination.
He never stays put for long. Carries
a toothbrush in his pocket and loves
coffee, any kind will do. Even burnt,
I suppose.
There's a knock on my front door.
The red door. Come on I yell
from my upstairs study.
Make yourself at home, I shout down.
His heavy footstep tromps into the
kitchen where he finds my leftover
coffee in a mug reading "I love cats"
and heats it up over the stove.
I descend the stairs. Save me a
couple sips, I say. "Midnight
Line" was a great book, I say.
"I'm a fan of Clyde Cussler and
Ross MacDonald," he says.
We sit in the living room and
talk about - what else? -
our love of books.
cecil stokes author
https://www.short-story.net/
THE LITTLE GUY BLINKS
AND STARES, BLINKS
AND STARES
The 3-year-old stood steady
on the sidewalk near
Kremp Florist
Pop-Pop at his side
What could hold their attention
in the 90-degree heat?
The cloudless blue sky?
The roar of the cars
streaming by?
The high-rise is going up!
First the parking gargage
Don't tell the little guy
but it's where lots of
crimes take place in
movies.
The huge crane seems
to scrape the sky
backhoes and earthmoving
machines parade across
the gravel that spits
tiny stones and fogs up
like mist in the
early morning.
Our Little Guy will never
forget the love ole gray-
haired mustachioed
Pop-Pop showed for him
And when he grows up
to be a backhoe driver,
swiveling, then bobbing
he'll keep Pop-Pop's
photo alive on the dashboard.
steve coleman's natal eclipse
MR ROGERS BATHES THE ELEPHANTS
I woke up just in time
Mr Rogers had on a brilliant
emerald green cardigan and
invited his listeners -
including myself! - to
meet the elephant family
"Go back! Go back!" is what
the elephant keeper told
his elephant family, who
backed up against the wall
A huge hose squirts the five
or six elephants, then moves
them into another room with
very tall walls
and sprays them with
suds. They love the suds
and baby elephant rolls
on the floor in the suds
Such big floppy ears!
The elephant keeper explains
they drink 40 gallons of water
a day with their trunks, which
bring water to their mouths
At the end of the day they will
go outside into the vast area
in which they live and will be
fed fruits and vegetables.
I like elephants, says Mr Rogers
in his emerald green cardigan
and I'll bet you do too.
***
A WOMAN WITH NO CAR IN HER DRIVE
What can this mean?
She's lent it to
the Syminski Family
as she did back
at Village Green?
She's donated it
to WXPN so she can
stay home and read
the 19 books on the
husband's side of the bed?
In the lead, right now,
is Ben Rhodes' Memoirs
of the Obama Years
Or she's having her
car aligned at REMS
Automotive, Brian
having driven her home.
She suffered a massive
ego assault this morning.
Her friend Linda needed
a ride to work. Ruthie
with directions riding
on the side like a pizza
from Roman Delight
couldna find her house.
Linda calls. She's walking
to work.
Ever heard of Chameleon
Coffee? The cap snaps
easily off. A lovely glass
is selected with blood red
straw.
Terribly strong, like Heracles
freeing Alcestis from the
Gates of Hell
I added more water.
Water. They say there
may be life on the
clouds of Venus
or in the center
of Mars.
What a mystery
it all is.
Good topic for discussion.
C'mon over and we'll have
iced coffee and you bring
the dessert, Marcia
Weinstein Hanzel.
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