dennis scharnberg

“Do not offer advice, Desmond. Not ever. Not to anyone, at any time. Not a soul!”

Chase Tipton, Enjoying Prison Pizza.

He tried hard,

He tried soft.

He sits now, sulking,

In a loft.

E. E. Bynum, A Thump on the Head (and Other Poems).

“I don’t want anything, Carla. Do you hear me? I do not want.”

Allison Cowling, Night of the Detective.

Edgar was never quite able to make contact—at least not consistently—with what Mr. Cathcart often referred to as the “firmness” of reality.

Nicholas Bruhns, Otto the Magpie.