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by Thomas Piekarski We'll begin with Pierre who because of aristocratic upbringing founded a church that dumped worshipers into trash bins and filled his pockets with howitzers as well as morphine. Senator Mustafa, patriotic zealot, washes hands with mercury he stole from the bishop right under his anteater nose when the candles grew dim. Lady Isadora pompously shows off an ermine coat she found at a graveyard despite roars of vehement protest from a wagon train rolling south. Then impeccable magician Alexander out to hoodwink the unsuspecting with visuals one's mind though quick still fails to identify. So angels squirm and oceans dry up to sandy desert. Darius unimpeachable constable wound string around the index finger opening a trapezoid world where stool pigeons chirped his nasty little secrets into ears of hibernating Eskimos. Antoninus subsisting on diesel and steak watches nervously as the floor implodes. Beneath him swirl vast clouds of helium and marmalade suns that he's certain will be a cinch to colonize some day. And Iggy a well-oiled robot roaming about the town square shoots gamma rays capriciously at anyone until his mojo hits a wall and he melts into shadow. Copyright 2025. All rights reserved.
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