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Kelly commented on the post, sonar 10 months, 1 week ago
I placed holds on all the copies of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight at the library. When one of them finally arrived, I was eager to get home and relive the adventure, expecting a thrilling time. What I wasn’t […]
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Kelly commented on the post, distributor 10 months, 4 weeks ago
He looked left and right and left again, before setting his eyes on a small blonde girl in pigtails. He bent down to her eye level and she stared unwaveringly back into his cold grey eyes. “You,” he nearly […]
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Kelly commented on the post, framework 11 months, 1 week ago
She was expected to have a framework to explain her approach to her craft. Too bad a skill that is both science and art can be difficult to articulate into a succinct framework. She cringed when comparing […]
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Kelly commented on the post, entrée 1 year ago
A dinner without any entrees. That’s what “tapas” are to the father. He sat down, and stared disappointingly at the small plates in front of him, wondering what some of the foods were and how long before he […]
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Kelly commented on the post, orbit 1 year, 3 months ago
We continually orbit around one another, catching glances on online chat applications, but never sure when or who or how to make the first move, to collide with another planet that seems so close yet so out of reach.
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Kelly commented on the post, festival 1 year, 3 months ago
The festival was tomorrow. It was all he could think about, as he helped his mother prepare their family’s dinner. What would the festival bring tomorrow? Acrobats? Fire eaters? Fortune tellers? He looked […]
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Kelly wrote about the word function 1 year, 3 months ago
She had “Mr Bill” from School House Rock tattooed on her side. He wanted to look at her tattoo, which she deemed inappropriate as he was a black bus driver and she was a white student. Of course, she wasn’t consciously thinking about race when he asked, but unconsciously she had been socialized to see [...]
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Kelly wrote about the word odds 1 year, 3 months ago
Odds are, he’d find out one way or another. Her father had a strange sense when something in the house was broken, even if it was an inconsequential as a fountain pen. But this was more important than a pen. This cracked item represented his childhood dreams. Was he ever a child like her? Did [...]
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Kelly wrote about the word odds 1 year, 3 months ago
Odds and ends filled her “man dror.” yes, women have those too, and hers was filled with hair dye, tools, and foreign currency, in case she ever traveled across the ocean again. Would she travel to see him again? She mused as she searched through the drawer, looking for a key that was probably lost. [...]