• Kalen Goodluck commented on the post, crew 1 year, 3 months ago

    The west bank was occupied by the “crew.” The Crew was a heavily armed band of hoodlums from south valley. The Rio Grande was no-man’s-land as well as a shallow grave for those who couldn’t dodge a bullet.

  • Kalen Goodluck commented on the post, curse 1 year, 3 months ago

    The last time I shopped for groceries at Tao Lin Market was when he was he lived in the “War Zone.” They don’t call it the War Zone now, they call it the “International District.” They call it this because it […]

  • Im letting go of you, he thought. He let the balloon slip through his hands. It reminded him of the condom balloon he inflated with helium and sent into the ozone about a year ago. He was going to use that condom […]

  • Silently and stealthily, charles creeped into the bay center animal shelter, gun in hand. The only lights in the building were the lit displays of fish tanks and various educational descriptions. He walked toward […]

  • Kalen Goodluck commented on the post, ants 1 year, 4 months ago

    Stay right where you are, he warned. I kept my distance; no more trudging walking forward. My hands held behind my head and my bare-feet on the hot asphalt. Fire ants crawled on my toes and their sting was as […]

  • They way I see it, he said, you don’t have a choice. Take it. Feel the power of the Butterfly knife in your palm. Now use it. It doesn’t matter on who. It could be used on a bystander in the mall, a shopper at […]

  • Kalen Goodluck commented on the post, orbit 1 year, 4 months ago

    I wonder what Major Tom was thinking when we was shot into orbit. Did he understand the risks? Or did the oblivion and vastness of outer space just cancel out any insecurities. Who can say; only Bowie.

  • Kalen Goodluck commented on the post, camera 1 year, 4 months ago

    Picture perfect. Thats the only phrase that came to mind when she saw her family. Always posing. Always masking. What was on the outside was not on the inside. Too bad for her. She could have had a normal childhood.

  • Kalen Goodluck commented on the post, chief 1 year, 4 months ago

    The chief looked at his watch. One minute has passed and all he could think of was his wife and his children at home while he sat and watched CBS “very funny”. This was the only chance he got to call his kids, and […]

  • One, two, three…. He counted in his head and he jumped off the tower. He jumped because that’s what his family did for centuries. This festival was to honor those lost in the great fire that burned down the […]

  • Hey, are you ready to go to the function?
    The what?
    You know: party, shindig, box social, hoohaw, pachanga?
    you just sound pretentious.

  • As a child, the only thing I loved was the hoop. Basketball hoop that is. None of that hula-hoop crap. The REAL hoop. At times, I would stay all through the night and the early morning playing ball. Its what set me free.

  • These things always seem the same. The way the bees enter and exit the beehive remind me of the way a human’s work condition is. Predictable, not-interesting, routine, etc. The usual buzz.