Jim Meirose

She liked to let the bird out. She liked to let her out and watch it fly free from room to room of the house, from windowsill to windowsill. She liked the flurry of the wings and the mild brush of air that wafted over her when the bird flew by. Nothing should be caged up all its life, she …

Wildman stood on the soapbox on the corner crying out words from the great handwritten book open in his arms before him; he had worked writing the book for weeks on end, he had planned this day carefully. Hair flying atop his tossing head, he stood screaming. —blanket is fuzzy is flannel is called a comforter, not a quilt or …

BRAAAAPhooooooo! HIT that loud pedal. RATTLE those neighbor’s windows. BRAAAAPhooooooo– BRAAAAPhooooooo– BRAAAAPhooooooo– Roll bar. Got to buy a roll bar for this beast. The class I’m gonna run in requires it. The car goes BRAAAAPhooooooo– Let’s see. A Remington 870 would do the job. That’s a good compact shotgun. Need an Optima Red Top Battery. This big engine takes a …