http://little2say.org True stories from imaginary lives Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:39:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Smith Magazine is a very cool NYC based publication and performance  group who work exclusively in six word fiction. I have been fortunate enough to have written for them in the past about my experiences and impressions of life in New York City. Recently they requested material on the topics of Hope ... http://little2say.org/?p=469 The cats and I were up before dawn, one of us had to pee, the other three were desperately hungry. Surrounded by a volatile ocean of meows and lashing tails we set off to the kitchen, there to seek out a can of “Tuna Surprise” The poor Mr. Tuna must have been ... http://little2say.org/?p=466 I’m sorry I did not understand your poem. Really so incredibly sorry. You held it up to show that it was printed in a shape. You were very excited and so was I. I hadn’t really caught the title, but you were so happy,  I let it go. I’m sorry I did not understand your poem The ... http://little2say.org/?p=458 Gert Grundy had about all she could take of her niece Cassidy Cheyenne and her god damn holier than thou attitude, tossing down a “Two much information” penalty flag with an extra huge box-car load of heavy mascara eye rolling. Who the heck was she, with her chopped and cropped Motley ... http://little2say.org/?p=449 Uncle Art was the smartest man on the planet for sure. He proved it everyday just being wrong. That may sound crazy, but know what? It worked out right. Three seasons he traveled from Maine to Miami and back, working his act on seaside boardwalks. Winters he and Aunt Vera ... http://little2say.org/?p=447 About this time of year I move our fish from their inside tank winter camp to their summer home, our outdoor pond. Frogs soon arrive just like hobos from years ago, riding the rails to easier living. They move in with bold ker-plunks and settle for the season. I never ... http://little2say.org/?p=445 Night skies seen on razors edge, a dubious godly gift. Perfect vision astronomic distances so clear. Sightless in close mangrove swamps, Other focus monsoon blur. Semaphore crabs never shunted. Information passed each day. marauding marabou mouths -beware-click-clack-beware. wicked waders watching -beware-click-clack-beware. sudden beak-death near upon us -silent-cautions-click-clack-stillness now. rest now -click-clack- rest now-unaware. Cadet Waxwing at her station, far ... http://little2say.org/?p=436 Out the door too fast, only  just caught BBC World Service by the edge. Presenter Catherine Campbell-Collins (her accent so crisp and clipped it hurt), briskly dispatched the days first headlines. “Twister leaves twelve dead in Oklahoma, more to follow.” My somewhat inattentive and dyslexic self thought she said “Twitter.” On the train I sadly ... http://little2say.org/?p=428 Detective Sergeant “Palone” Ortiz bristled with a dark and quiet anger at this latest indignity, this new injustice. Juannie Rodriquez was a little crazy sure, but they had been partners working street crimes for three years with no problems up to him being placed on suspension last week for shooting ... http://little2say.org/?p=418 My Dearest Lady Astrid, I find myself most distraught by your message of yester evening; could it have indeed been your intent to click “send”? This recent missive has my heart racing two fold, in anticipation of your intimate embrace of a certainty as well in fear of reprisal at ... http://little2say.org/?p=416