CLOWNS FROWN SOMETIMES

I wish I was a clown. How great would that be? Always be happy and in the mood to put a smile on everyone’s face. That would be the best. I can never do that. I wish I could, but I can’t. But maybe if I get a little red nose and a raged hat. […]

FLAMINGOS

Maybe this is just a dream, right? Like, maybe I’m just gonna wake up and open myself into believing that everything that could have gone wrong, would have gone wrong. And this is just some little way my brain has to cope. Or no, maybe this is just a little puddle. We’re living in […]

PUFF

Hello. I’m sorry I missed you. I would rather do this in person. But we both know I was never good at that. I decided to take a plane somewhere. I think it’s best if I see the world for a while. Maybe this is because I changed so much and we changed so much. […]

PALACE OF RAGS AND DIRTY HATS

I met a guro in a street yard with parades and cars of hot lemonade, sun kissed where the women of the night sleep all through the day, under umbrellas perfectly patted through a nearby alley accompanied with strangers in cloth. The guro said to me, “I am the son of a sun who’s wife […]

summer in the city of weeds

A sting of salted sweat, beads down my back. Too hot for picnics or a stroll through this city of weeds, where I find myself on a day like today. I wish it would rain. A spill to clean the filth from my mind and the dirt on my face. A sun burn on my […]

the thing about dead rabbits

Today I hit a bunny. A rabbit. Gray in color. Nothing mesmerizing. Just some – living thing – and I felt every bone in its body become paralyzed as I went over it, despite my tires screeching to an instant halt – nanoseconds later. I just stayed there. Still. No music, no noise, not even […]

Everything You Ever Needed To Know About Reptilian Plants

The Writings and Work of Richard Corso