CLICK THE FROG TO JOIN THE PARTY! Once upon a time, I remember you said: always count the cost. No one starts major construction without first counting the cost. Forever feels like a very long time to promise to anyone. My breath catches at the thought. Can we really do this? Really? Then, I remember. […]
With an exhausted sigh, I pull the wooden token out of the sack: woman in dress with apron. Great. “Why is it we have one female token, and it means you have to do dishes?” There are five of us in the bunker, five of the final human beings left alive on the planet. The […]
CLICK THE FROG TO JOIN THE FUN! On the outside, Rita was pleasant as could be. People often marveled at her sense of calm. “She is such a nice person. So sweet and innocent.” In her backyard, a straw dummy clings to a wooden pole, sackcloth face scarred and bursting. Rita’s dummy served two purposes. […]
CLICK FROG FOR ADMISSION Meet me at Coney Island, the one that never closes or dies. We will eat corn dogs and ride all the rides. I will win every prize. No. That’s not right. It wouldn’t be fun to win or to lose forever. I press my fingers against the wood coffin, and a […]
Click the Frog to Join the Fun! Waves whisper in their delicate, gentle way as they sweep up and over sun-baked sand. My head rests on your lap, safe and secure in the hot, musky scent of you. Your nimble fingers trace random patterns on my skin, each movement, each touch one of sensuous, deliberate […]
Click Frog to Join the Fun Sitting in the front yard, she smiles at the child staring wide-eyed. “But you got the bad guy, right?” “Yep. I got a sprained ankle, but he gets life in prison.” Her husband arrives with iced tea as the children leave. “Telling tales again?” “Would I do that?” “Hmph. […]
CLICK THE FROG! Maybe there is an invisible consciousness that watches us all, and if so – deep question: what would such a being want? A light flicks on, and Carly jumps in surprise. The studio apartment she shares with Phil comes into sharp relief. There’s an empty mug next to her chair. “You have […]
CLICK FOR FUN! Mary stared out the window at the neighbor’s lawn decorations, at the giant Santa along with the giant bunny and a row of four-leaf clovers. “This is getting ridiculous now. It isn’t even Thanksgiving yet.” Pete, her husband, continued reading the paper. “Do the Grover’s have their Christmas decorations out early again?” “Much worse. […]
Click me! Click me! When all is said and done, if i fail or i succeed,i fought for what was right, socome find meUp on a mountain,brothers and sisters waitto chime the moments. in the ashram, in the temple, in the sacred grove,in the forever between moments,in retreats far fromsafety (I know).we will meet (have […]
Sitting there in the café, raspberry mocha and pastry between us, I meet your eyes. The food looks delicious, I’m sure, but it’s not why we’re really here. Utensils clatter onto plates like memories. “I did it all for you.” “I know.” You reach across the table to take my hand. Forever seems like a […]
Anne Higa 