after the movie, riding elevators down between three lobby floors: past the concessions and the bar which would serve us these sweet apple cocktails on Fridays between pictures when we were 16. the carpet the same as it was then, with probably popcorn rinds we dropped still in place: why would anyone vacuum a cinema? … Continue reading The Right Angle Upward
night falls quite suddenly over war in other countries, while the morning is fine here and biteable, clean as new coins. a young man, with control for his shift of a remote operation security gate, fiddles the buttons at a private estate entrance just on the outside of blackrock. another man driving a truck with … Continue reading Sunrise and Building-Cast Shadows
empty beer bottles and empty banana skins. an open, half-empty and half-stale sliced pan. used plates and take- away boxes. nothing with lipstick stains. books on the table. a coffee pot, inside turned yellowing brown like the pits of a ten- year-old t-shirt. — DS MAOLALAI DS Maolalai has been nominated nine times for Best of … Continue reading The Kitchen While You’re Gone