He settled into the seat with the drink. “That kinda tastes like chocolate milk”, she said as she glanced over at him. He nodded in reply, and she went back to her papers. He opened up the lid of the laptop and connected the wireless. A few dozen new emails poured into his inbox just …
#24 I Heard It From a Friend
All lines from this poem are lyrics, since songs are simply music and poetry. Each lyric is linked to the song’s YouTube video. I heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another that I’m winning a hundred men or more‘s thoughts of you. I’ve been searchin’ my soul, I …
#23 Does Dinosaurs Wear Socks?
She sat there quietly, lost in her work. The keyboard clicked away as she wrote another email, the icons growing smaller and smaller on the screen, the more work she did. Pages of text, documents scattered about, and an overflowing table of material. She was working in the library, and seldom noticed even the slight …
#22 Jim the Bunny Learns to Knit
Jim hopped through the forest with a giant grin on his face. He’d just grabbed a bunch of files from Jabberpaw, and had covered his internet tracks by paying off Sylvester the snake. Now he just needed to get home and load up his found files. On the way, he tripped, since he wasn’t the …
#21 Probably, Maybe, Sorta, We’ll See
Probably, Maybe, Sorta, We’ll See A parent’s first line of defense Non-commitment in words to thee Leave children’s nerves tense. Perhaps, Might, If you’re lucky Hauntingly dance through the little mind Will I get the toy? Will I go see a friend? My scattered desires all entwined Remember dearest parents, the times when you thought …
#20 Jabberpaw FAQ
Everything you’d want to know about our torrent loving bear friend. Name: Jabberpaw T. Mezzyuup Occupation: Scary bear in the woods Age: 10 Favorite Color: Grey Favorite Food: Bunny rabbits Favorite Leisure Activity: Watching movies, chilling in his cave, terrorizing smaller animals. Best Friend: Sylvester the Snake Internet Service Provider: TurtleNet (For now… may be …
#19 Too Much Time
I was in a hurry, but now am not Time is abundant, flowing, and hot I sit and I wait, unaware of the time Consumed by trouble, verse and rhyme Switching perspective, it changes me so When in a hurry, I always had to go But now I’m calm, yet worried as well I wish …
#18 Jumping off the Page
Bob sat down to write the story. He’d had the idea incubating for a number of years, but it was never complete until that day when he realized what the best resolution for the story could be. He was eager, and opened up the word document he’d been keeping for, what seemed like, an eternity. Today …
#17 In A Hurry
I’m in a hurry A rush you see I’m in a hurry Don’t you dare bother me Things to do, bags to pack A list a mile long Papers to gather, books to stack An urge to right all that’s wrong I’m in a hurry Time nearly ran out. I’m in a hurry Without a …
#16 Take It Away
The old library sat unused, the new one sat next door. The old library was the site of many a hot debate by impassioned undergraduates inspired to succeed as they were the first to attend college in their family, the first to be able to sit around all day and think as opposed to work. …