dennis scharnberg

swallow a sock

“I am so proud that I was created.”  Jeremy felt that there was something wrong with this formulation.  Somehow.  Some way.

Giles Coxe-Coburn,  Tooth and Claw.

darken the door

Hormones:  today, a form of guidance.

W. Karl Bavinger,  The Misanthrope’s Way With Words.

middle of nowhere

theft is property

plotting world diminution

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

out of politeness

The peculiar—the insipid—death of Isadora Duncan.  Death by classical physics.  A parody of modernism.

Hugh Drummond,  A Canine World.

broken window fallacy

Rock ‘n’ roll provided swift escape from 500 years of European culture.  It has always been so much more than mere mindlessness.

Logan Nygaard, A Treatise on Amusement.

under the overpass

Q:  What do women detest most in men?

A:  Indifference.

Anne Sensabaugh,  A Short History of Boredom.

stealing the spoons

With the esoteric, this should always be asked:  What do they mean by “the ordinary”?  It is a sign that they are obsessed with their own boredom.

Mirri Alfassa,  How I Lost My Coat, and Other Narratives.

a great feeling

I might be a monster, too.  I don’t know.  But insects are monsters.

Amanda Willcoxen, ed.,  The Literary and Philosophical Fragments of Gregory James Sallust.

more sudden events

“Katie never tired of being obvious,” complained Mr. Matheson.  “At least, I saw no signs of tiring.”

Virgil Simms,  The Case of the Frivolous Factotum.

smiles per hour

Does the insect know what it sounds like?  What does it sound like?

Clifford Parkening,  How the Moon Doth Sway.