by Ivory Web | Mar 8, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
How to Make LasagneFirst, assemble your ingredients. Be sure that all are fresh and the best quality that you can afford.Second, go for a walk. Stroll to the pine forest at the top of the lane. Stay for 30 minutes. Lay down, shut your eyes. 25 minutes. Then, when you...
by Ivory Web | Mar 6, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Camping If I could snuff out the world I would, if I could chase away the what once was, if I could glance at a mirror and catch a glimpse of an unspoilt smile.Instead I climb dark stairs, cloak the mirrors, shut the curtains tight against the moon's perfect...
by Ivory Web | Mar 3, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
An Old Man Walks Home In the garden there grows a crippled treeheavy with crab-applesfood for wormsand wasps. In the garden pondthe frogs floatgrim facedthey blink and croak. On the outhouse roofthe owl restspatient for the nightMagritte’s clock...
by Ivory Web | Feb 29, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
WINE INTO WATER this morningas I walked pastthe Methodist churchwhose notice boardis always telling ussuch things as”Christ is everywhere”I sawtwo scruffily dressedold men with beardsseated on the stepsoutsidesharing a bottleof cider I could only...
by Ivory Web | Feb 28, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
Fucking at workLust can happen in a second or a yearBut let me tell you it always dies.It can produce the sublimeButterflies being released en masseOn your wedding dayBut remember lover, its also the shiny appleEach bite will bring us closer to divorce.Swimming in...
by Ivory Web | Feb 26, 2008 | Prose & Poetry
I was somewhere elseI was somewhere else when she said life is fine.Awoken to myself by the fire and the wine.Her words startled me but they do everytimeShe has a revelation of this kind.How long will this last? She said she thinks its for good.Strong with my grasp I...
