El

Do you remember when they built the bridge (or maybe they were fixing it)
and the metal fell
and severed the electrical cable running beneath?
Do you remember how all the houses south of the break
had no power

    Bluewhen sat down next to the hearth, gestured for me and Miles to seat ourselves, and said in a raspy whisper, “The shadows are alive.” She waved her fingers for added spooky effect.

The cottage was surprisingly cute.

(After Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky')

The swullocking welkin showed nary a gleen,
brumous above the brae,
as out to the ceilidh the droshkies drove,
wabbling down the way.

“Yeah… no.”
    “Come on! It’s a good deal.”

We walk one way
the way forward
Along the x-axis
time is the only way
for us
The past lies beyond a glass wall
clear in memory
unbreakable
for we cannot walk backwards

She did something