Creative

I saw you walk across the way You turned your head, and I heard you say “I won’t come back. This is the last time you’ll see my face.” Then you turned, took 50 steps and then you fell out of my head. And here I am all alone…I’ll lay to rest what I called home. I let you in; you brought me down. It was my choice; and I chose the ground. Now that you’re gone I am … [Read more...] about Walking

By Colin Dwyer He sat alone, reclined on one of the rusted lawn chairs lining the edge, cast in the sepia tones of the indelicately aged, wondering absently if it was ringworm or tapeworm that was spread through direct contact with these chairs. Before him lay reflections of light in the water, wriggling rivers of cream in the vacant blue-green of the pool, light like the … [Read more...] about Reflection

Being but yourself, You strolled into the pub, Where I had been waiting to share Your amber glow. We were tight Like Scott and Zelda. The crowds in uproar, As we performed a turbulent tango. Your head on my lap, We promised to rise early, And race through the hallways Of the neighboring school Informing: Out of debauchery, as the way is, And the lull that we … [Read more...] about More than One with Dylan

The End of the Beginning, Baltimore, September 1964. I’m not surprised this happened. Not at all. I’ve been waiting for something like this to happen now for the past three years. When he shoved me half open into the back pocket of his kakis, I knew I wouldn’t be there for long…I just didn’t think I’d end up in pieces sticking outta his ass. Oh boy. Glad I was in the car … [Read more...] about Straight from the Bottle’s Mouth

Admission into the pantheon of all-time athletic greats is a hard thing to come by. It is reserved for the few who transcended the game, those who took their sport and remade it in their own image. Some punched their ticket through years of consistent brilliance. Ruth. Jordan. Gretzky. Pele. Others joined the ranks through a single moment of athletic magnificence so staggering … [Read more...] about May the Wind Carry Me Home: The Wes Goldman Story