REPORT (INITIAL FINDINGS - CRIME INVEST.)

CALISTO CITY POLICE

DETECTIVE LOWREN THORN, LDOD

SUMMER SOLSTICE DAY, JULIUS, 2071

LOCATION: RIVER RUN APARTMENTS, UNIT 2D

DETAILS:

Upon entering the apartment unit, my partner, Detective Angelore, and I could smell Melthorvian Bitter Rock residue and could see the place was unkempt and littered with telltale signs of sloth and gluttony crimes includ...

September 5

I can hardly believe the summer is nearly gone. And in just a few weeks more it will be my birthday. How can I be turning 50? I just turned 40! There’s never enough time. Ever since Sissy died I realize how time just keeps disappearing. I know I’m supposed to cherish it more and treat it like it’s a precious commodity. And it is. But I can’t just suddenly change. I still love her. I m...

Oh, my God - have mercy! Another morning. The endless cycle continues. Poor Aiden‘s dog. Sorry Alyssa‘s cat. David’s great grandmother who was never sick. Gina‘s grandson, just eight days old. A butterfly on a windshield. A baby bird falling from its nest. A baboon killed by a leopard. A lion killed by a poacher. A politician killed by cancer. A crab boiled alive and smashed to be cooked. Luke’s f...

It is the edifice of creation

The firmament of foundation

Our good, our ground, our gravitation

Giving us mineral, soil, plant and seed

To make our home, sustaining every generation

The Earth was born of sun and will keep its soul

Until the sun’s fire reclaims it, swallows it whole

It shields, heals, feeds us; is both our food and bowl

It is every rock, tree, river, and reed

We call it “Mother”...

Why do I bother asking you?

Why do you ignore me so?

Did I ask you to do something special?

What was it that made you go?

What words could I have used?

What way should I have shared?

Is there anything that would have changed you?

Why were you so scared?

If I told you what I wanted

Would you have given it to me?

How is my heart still haunted

By what you failed to hear and see?

Why coul...

Here we go again

Same old place

Like a worn out boot

Stepping in

There they go again

All new faces

Like they were born yesterday

Trying to fit in

What fresh hell today?

Hello again

My old friend

What’s life without a friend?

Been here before

But I have to ignore the hype

All the little things

The dreams left best in summer

New lingo, old games

Long time, no see

Clocked, fit, rizz, no ...

Up in the good hollowed hills

Where the sun bleaches the high grass yellow

And the wind is sweet with honeysuckle

Lives a place where my memory lingers

Cats spread out on windowsills

Nighttime bonfires melting my marshmallows

And the cinders at my feet fall and buckle

From the dew drops, fresh and new like my fingers

The smell of tilled soil and ash

A gentle babbling brook, gossiping all nig...

If only

We had a bit more time

If only

We knew how to rhyme

Perhaps

We could learn to rap

Maybe

We’d get outta this trap

If only

I was six foot four

If only

I wasn’t such a bore

Perhaps

I’d find a better life

Maybe

Even have a better wife

If only

You could be more kind

If only

You had a happy mind

Perhaps

You’d stop confusing me

I wish

You’d stop abusing me

If only

Life was sometimes fair

If ...

At the ocean’s edge

Where the sands parted

Lived a young maiden

Lithe but heavy hearted

Her needs simple

Her wishes true

She pined for a love

Whose eyes were bright blue

For many nights

She prayed alone

Hoping for a man

To become her own

One day she saw

A fisherman come

She could sense his soul

She could hear him hum

She wanted more

To see his eyes

Were they full of love

And blue as the ski...

When I was just a boy of eight

You showed me how I could be great

Despite my insecurity

You taught me how to live as me

I met you first in the second grade

When times were tough and I was afraid

I was behind and didn’t fit in

You were so kind and helped me to win

You saw my potential in art and writing

Your willowy hugs were so inviting

I found my place; felt safe expressing my heart

In your cl...