glimpses

if you had the choice (and this writer is not saying that you have any choice whatsoever---but for the sake of getting to the end of this piece…) to wake up tomorrow morning &

the emotive votive

sits there flickering with immense fragrance, light dancing amongst the warmth of the “holidays”, be them pine to fill the room like a forest, be them apple & cinnamon to announce that

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

alternative version

Mercy

Mercy P K Routray A beggar on a street corner, no warm cloth in cold winter, taking shelter under the trees in summer sleeping in night on foot path without fear,

Not with a Bang, but a Whimper (2)

After 20,644 seductions, Beto remained a virgin. What was worse, he’d never even kissed a woman’s lips. Pathetic. Maybe Vanessa would make a man of him today, he could only hope.

in conversation

In conversations, your words stand still absorbing syllables at dinner under chandeliers that shed prisms of candlelight upon factory woven threads of linen while waiters serve

The Fairy and The Star

The Fairy and the Star were having an argument. They both wanted to be on top of the Christmas tree, you see.

The Singing Santa - Part 4 - A Craven Danger Mystery

Craven Danger took a seat on the number six downtown train and fiddled with his ukulele. “Are you gonna sing to your reindeer?” said a little girl sitting opposite.

Santa’s Birthday

Remember December the 27th. That’s Santa’s Birthday, you know, when the elves and reindeers give HIM presents and a cake with candles that glow and they all play Birthday party games

Dear Santa

Dear Santa, in the event that you exist, please could I have:

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