dennis scharnberg

We only entertain the thoughts we have.  Ever.  That is all.

Octavius Kinder,  A Sustainable Unhappiness.

“I want to do something well—very well—and then be congratulated and admired for it.  Preferably something creative.”  At long last, Kyle has settled upon a viable plan of action.

Charles Jeffrey Yett,  Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.

A lump of old carpeting is an ambiguous presence in the landscape.  Is it a big rock?  Is it a mound of rubbish?  What the hell is it?

William Tyree,  A Murder in Three Parts.

“…that there should be awards for struggling.  Simply for the struggle itself, regardless of any results.”

Martin Sotheby,  The Story of Hubert Ambrose.

“I do not own myself,” said Thomas.  And he could not help wondering who, or what, did own him.  The Creator?  The society?  The family?  “The existentialist says that we do–or can—own ourselves.  Thoroughly.  Completely.  But he makes this claim in a language that he does not own.”

Charles Jeffrey Yett,  Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.

An unusual public sign:  LOCUSTS WELCOME HERE.

Todd Lapidus,  Headlines, Captions, and Other Schemes.

Concerning how many things in our ordinary daily life may we say, “It is like a river“?

Otis Oswald,  900 Delphic Questions.

It’s not so much that I dislike modernism.  It’s that I am a realist about it.  I do not swallow the pill.  I’m sorry, but I do see the anemia.

Benedict Symes,  A Meditation on Periodicity.

—It’s just a figure of speech, Janice.

—Well, I suppose that makes it all okay then.  Doesn’t it?

Philip Cavendish,  Tilly’s Treasury of Colloquial Bits.

sin tents

scent acts

passed tints

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.