The spirits of Christmas

He always considered the time of Halloween as composed of things ghostly and resurrected but he came of late to see…

Baked Beans

It was spring, May, and the last course of the semester…the hardest course I’d ever taken. The thing was designed to weed us all out, and…

Running

Lacing and getting warmed up

My breath clouds up my vision

Not well

It’s a dreary sky, as I walk out of my bedroom down a short hall into the living room. There’s a strange sensation I feel, in my stomach and…

I’m still me

Surgically cut

Bit removed extracted gone

Yet I’m no less whole

© Joseph Russo 2023

The Fixer: Seven

At the coffee place, Steve explained to Mel, the client, how his day had gone and he explained about the delivery.

Pain

Little stick, sharp point

Whack hand, bruise, wood shard, painful

Swelling splinter, hurts

Joe cool

Cool, be cool, chill out

Stoic walk, sunglasses dark

Hide in sight, observe

Monday

return to work dread

dreary, transition, working

why ruin the day