Her skin is as soft as it looks and as warm and as welcome as I’ve ever known.

So what do you think?

Enclosed is a short story, titled "Innocence", (approx. 1300 words) following the conversation between two friends on a park bench on the title subject, and prompted by a young woman walking past.

Enclosed is a short story, titled "Eulogy For An Asshole" (approx. 1400 words). In this tale, a street urchin's funeral service devolves into an eye- and ear-opening tableau, as both priest and assembled "mourners" struggle with the disingenuous nature with which people are laid to rest.

Enclosed is a short story, titled "The Cooler", (approx. 1400 words) which depicts a job interview for a Mediator, and the applicant is a bartender, attempting to transfer his interpersonal skills to the corporate world.

chaos alone is less constructive than that which fluctuates within the parameters of the norm---like a bomb ticking, like a blade sharpening, like a rebel waiting in the jungle---knowing

“i’m gonna lose weight! get ridda’ that gut! firm up that tush! finally stop fucking smoking! get my shit together! get outta debt! start looking for a new job! join a gym!

after all the idiots who followed Camping found themselves up shit’s crick after May of 2011 & after all the morons hoping & “praying” that they would get a “get out of life free” card

New York Dolls - New Year's Eve - Detroit 1973 while on Acid, Coke and Champagne (of-course!).

best read at 33 RPM