dennis scharnberg

more or less

Where a single egg, in a

skillet, lies frying.

Yes, a single egg is frying in my mind.

Egg time, egg time.

It’s frying in a mind.

Patrick Malmsey,  Verse.

head of hair

“Would you care for another glass of whiskey, Mr. Trumbull?”

“Not at this particular time, no.”

Jane Chetwynde,  The Have-Not Faradays.

on the march

lying  in  weight

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

elephant in room

“After all,” cried Roxanna, “I didn’t want craters to form on the moon.  Yet there they are.  There they are.”

Will Davies,  She Would If She Could.

head over heels

Google just wants to help.

Roger Hedgecook,  Stolen and Sold for Parts.

around the clock

First, you devise an agenda.  It’s rather like having a nice suit made to fit.  Then, anything you find that supports the agenda can be termed a “fact” (or “evidence”).  This is ratiocination.

Baldwin Tavinger,  Toward a Rhetoric of Number.

flock of birds

Actually, Ramona does everything badly. It’s just that everyone tells her that she is spectacular.  It’s a conspiracy.

Alberta Traywick,  Susannah’s Accident.

three ring circus

In the era of social media, the internet is obvious.  It’s nature is obvious.

Roger Hedgecook,  Stolen and Sold for Parts.

cushion of justification

“There is no privacy today, Diana.  There will be even less privacy tomorrow.  Deal with it.”

Benedict Elder,  A Cosmopolitan Paradise.

listening to air

“Feminism,” sneered Deborah, “is not about symmetry.”

Diana Moone,  Living Well.