happy birthday I was reading over my old, old journal entries and saw that you used to comment to me fairly often. I probably never responded because I did not have a computer and I was not familiar with internet communities at the time. I apologize.
I was wondering why the fuck this was bumped since I made it about a zillion years ago as a result of desidia saying that appreciation threads were stupid in this forum, but now I know and am better for it. Also, happy birthday desidia! I still don't really know you, but I'm also still sure you are very nice!!! Also you are friends with DictionaryWhateverthefuckhernameisthesedays and so am I, so really we're practically family.
He cocked the gun and aimed it out over the bay and pulled the trigger. The flare arced up into the murk with a long whoosh and broke somewhere out over the water in a clouded light and hung there. The hot tendrils of magnesium drifted slowly down the dark and the pale foreshore tide started in the glare and slowly faded. He looked down at the boy's upturned face.
They couldn't see very far, could they?
Who?
Anybody.
No. Not far.
NextTuesday
Kansas City, MO
November 2005
FEB 12, 2006 01:36 PM