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Category: Telling Tales

  • A Story Unfolds

    We stared at a map on the wallDuring a break from paying our dues Just you and me and the man in the treeLens focused on capturing what cannot be seenA howl from the other room warned of a time to comeThat would define us all too soon Like brilliant silver light from a dying…

  • Balletomane

    And what does Gary know about Chica? Does he know she breaks into abandoned buildings, like the ramshackle dance academy two blocks west of the Chik'n & Biskit and does Martha Graham-esque chassé-and-swirls on the buckling oak as she dreams of her return to the sea? Oh but the dreams … trees and screams and…

  • Ladies Who Lunch

    Mind the rafters! It's not riches this girl is after. An archetype wants to get inside your head. Live the qualities of The Modern Woman and rely on your own piece of mind / acre of light / what's wrong with always being right? You just may encounter that Mystery Figure you've always dreamed about…

  • One Size Fits All … The Small Minded

    Shaped like an egg with pretzels for legs, Gary is built to duel with The Shadow. Easy work for such a well-rounded fellow. But stick 'im in the light and he'll give you a fright by telling your truth straight to your face. Gary's all garters and lace, but he is The Strong Man we…

  • woes by any other name

    gary knows his woes reach down to his toes toes located somewhere beneath his nosethoughts pierce the heartunopposed as gary ruminates in reposelost in the throesof cici's reproachapologies caught in the throatas love leaves us to whinge aboutromantic anecdotes

  • The Poet at Work

    My core ought to feel like it's pierced by arrows each time you are near. In your eyes I see a forgotten life and feel the vague familiarity of a neighborhood in which I once lived. We are quivering heaps of pent up emotions which we mistake for attraction; desire. The only release is to…

  • No Access

    Nightly we dream of a more perfect version of each other.Oblique references abound regarding "My Best Self." Gary knows his heart has a direct line to his "Dream Girl." So much is at stake when LOVE is the order of the day.Annoyed by limited clothing options, Gary shines in a different way.Tomorrow is the promise…

  • Alarm

    As Gary woke up this morning, and realized it was Friday instead of Saturday, he proclaimed to the limoncello-colored walls of his boudoir: "Faack. No clean clothes. No chance of calling in sick, either." So Gary creakily got out of his four-poster and walked into his closet to have a good look around. Only Special…

  • Relationship Goals

    Gary Q. needs to keep daily entries in his journal so he remembers to sleep. He picked up a notebook made from grass clippings and old maps the last time he cruised the Prairie View (got it from that tiny thing with the really short purple hair) that helps him keep track of the days.…

  • Gut Reaction

    I'm surviving the first of many tests. Let's hope for a tête-à-tête soon. Gary Quackenbusch gave up Yoo-hoos for a year, according to the fryline at Chik'n & Biskit. The fact that the fryline saw Gary saunter on up to their counter every day may have had more to do with the loss of Gary's…