Infamous
That’s when the radiator blew
and the now infamous pogo stick
began its fatal trajectory.
Radio Report
The cars were all leaving town, using both sides of the road, heading inland. It’s all very orderly. So far.
The Deputy’s Tale
The deputy used to work at the jail but asked for a transfer—one night, a few months back, he dreamed he had been locked in a cell and no amount of counseling or harassment could change that fact.
Foreigners
They were married and traveling, which they did a lot. They had a fight, which they did from time to time. She could not, for the life of her, remember what they had been fighting about.
He went for a walk after midnight to cool down.
This was not a good city for that.
Romance
Dinner would be ready soon, He had set the table perfectly for two.
The next morning, the settings were still there, unused, except for one glass and the entire bottle of wine.
Penelope’s Tale
Every night she undoes the knitting she’s done that day to fool the suitors— if only she can buy more time, she thinks, but look, here’s her husband home from work at the usual hour and of course there are no suitors.
The Former Rodeo Clown’s Tale
I always wanted to be a cowboy.
Look at me now, he says.
Anyway, that’s why I walk with a limp.
Misnomer
Once, he says, they talked to me, and more important, they talked about me amongst themselves. I was a great white hope, they said, he says.
Infernal Signs
Yesterday, after an absence of almost a hundred years, the goats came back to town.
Some people have begun selling their worldly possessions. Others think about behaving irresponsibly.
Sisyphus and Son
Are we there yet?
