"Kalispell Police, Officer Cleburne, is this an emergency?"
"Uh, well I don't think so because I'm just calling to report a missing person...my wife."
"Where and when did you last see her, sir?"
"Right here, we're about 8 miles outta town, and I think it was May 6th."
"Sir, MAY ain't here yet!"
Clifton didn't like the officer's tone and gently placed the phone back on its cradle, grateful the bears hadn't left him with much clean-up work to do but, dammit!, he needed that report for the insurance company.
Stories & Commentary | Fiction & Nonfiction
the unpredictable pencil of
needs to tell you a thing or six...
- Joe Gensle
- Stories Commentary Humor Drama Fantasy
Ideas sprout like wildflower seeds in an undiscovered meadow.
I calculate arrangements of words, the medium of artistic expression, here, colorizing language and dialect, and with visual regard for punctuation.
I seek a voice to find your ear or heart, hyperactivate your mind, challenge or bolster your values, aim at your deepest fears to electrify their vulnerabilities.
Your reaction is my reward, defines my success.
I give no less concentration or effort than you who paint, play piccolo, plant petunias or pan-fry potatoes.
"Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to." Somerset Maugham
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Know I'm left-handed, Roman Catholic, conservative Republican and don't apologize for it. If that's a deal-breaker, build a bridge and get over it; if you have a problem with it, you're right: You've got a problem. To invite yourself out, hit "Next Blog," above.
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