This is number six of the top 30 reasons for why normal people should not date a superhero(ine). Remember supers! This is all in good fun, BUT if you see yourself in these reasons you should consider altering your behavior in order to keep your beloved! [In no particular order, except for number one because that’s…
Category: Graphite Smears
My writing – dribbles, drabbles, odds and ends, bits and bobs.
Hello Personal Fulfillment
Hello Personal Fulfillment, I hope you receive this letter, I can’t seem to find your address and no one else seems to know exactly how to find you. There are a bunch of greasy snake oil salespeople running around waving your address in the air, but whenever I look closely, they’re all fake. It seems to…
#7 – You Never Talk About Anything and Won’t See a Psychologist
This is number seven of the top 30 reasons for why normal people should not date a superhero(ine). Remember supers! This is all in good fun, BUT if you see yourself in these reasons you should consider altering your behavior in order to keep your beloved! [In no particular order, except for number one because that’s…
It’s Not a Dining Car
The person next to me, got on the train, plunked down in the seat two away from me and started eating Dunkin Donuts’ hash browns, releasing a nauseating odor of grease and potatoes onto what had been a neutral and rather pleasant smelling commute. When they were done with the hash browns they balled up…
#8 – I Want Your Powers/I am Jealous of Your Powers
This is number eight of the top 30 reasons for why normal people should not date a superhero(ine). Remember supers! This is all in good fun, BUT if you see yourself in these reasons you should consider altering your behavior in order to keep your beloved! [In no particular order, except for number one because that’s…
Fishnets and Sunglasses
Fishnets and sunglasses almost make me think it’s summer and not the middle of winter. Her nails are deep red and just starting to grow in if the small crescents of bare nail near her cuticles are any indicator. Her boots, jacket, and backpack are black leather. Dark grey socks peek up over the top…
Flee
Flee: to run away from a place or situation of danger; to run away from (someone or something). When I think of fleeing something or someone the scene that is immediately brought to mind is this: Feet pounding on the pavement, harsh, ragged breathing. The painfully sharp twinge in my left ankle that happens whenever I…
Silver Hairs
Silver hairs curl up around his dark brown cornrows that are shot through with silver as well. A black earwarmer headband covers just the tops of his ears. The young child next to him offers him a bite of her breakfast sandwich and he accepts. Black beads from the bottoms of his cornrows lay lightly…
Two Concurrent Letters
Dear Women Who Love Women, I am sorry. I tried, but no luck. With love and sincere longing, A (Regretfully) Straight Girl Hey Men Who Love Women, You are my only recourse. With resignation and reluctant resolve, A Straight Girl
True, Blue, Miniature New Yorker
He’s a true, blue, miniature New Yorker. Tucked inside his coat’s hood is is a Captain America sweatshirt hood with a big white A in the middle of its forehead and the wings on either side. It has eye-holes in it so I can only assume that when it is pulled up he becomes a…
Faded Jacket
Converse-esque shoes, non-descript blue jeans and a black messenger bag between his legs. A green Henley that is buttoned all the way up except for the top button. A black jacket that looks like it could be Carhart from how durable it appears. The black is fading to white along the seams and it can…
Little Gentian 