• symphonic commented on the post, convict 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    At Thanksgiving he shared a table with five drug addicts, a murderer, and a pedophile. A cakewalk compared to maximum security, he said. In max he watched guys get stabbed and raped and shit on. All these horrors […]

  • With shaky hand he reached for the top; this last card, laid just right, would be enough to prove to his Dad that he could finish what he started. He wasn’t a failure, after all. Thirty-three hours of intense […]

  • symphonic commented on the post, dilemma 11 months, 3 weeks ago

    When she slapped the cash on the table, I swallowed hard. I couldn’t believe my ears when she asked me to be her lover for the weekend. I was convinced she was joking, but between us sat two thick wads of […]

  • symphonic commented on the post, stunt 11 months, 4 weeks ago

    He was the guy with the cast on his arm
    signed by a hundred classmates
    perched against the back of the chair
    looking for his next trip
    skyward

    • wonder, optimism, and humanity’s endless dreaming. captures the subject well, and it’s unusual, because the dreamer is usually alone, but this one has the support of ”a hundred classmates.” maybe this is a true hero you’re building?