The Killing Holiday – Georgiann Carlson

we made them but couldn’t control them once a year they returned it was part of the deal we made to save our species they were smarter faster stronger and even more deadly they had no stopping point no feelings if one learned something they all knew it they shut out their creators and madeContinue reading “The Killing Holiday – Georgiann Carlson”

Some Words Never Sleep – Georgiann Carlson

some words never sleep especially the ones with sharp edges meant to cut go deep words that wound draw blood tearing into tender flesh over and over hateful words that drip poison threaten instill fear deceive words used to keep others down in their assigned places words of male gods used by men who rapeContinue reading “Some Words Never Sleep – Georgiann Carlson”

Through the Looking Glass – Georgiann Carlson

the looking glass never lies we might but the mirror does not we see ourselves aging we see people fall out of sight gone forever we watch out lives play out through the looking glass see the joy and sadness the beauty and the ugliness we watch as our youth disappears the past simply erasedContinue reading “Through the Looking Glass – Georgiann Carlson”

As The World Burns – Georgiann Carlson

men are like matches one scrape away from the next catastrophe women have been putting out their fires for as long as anyone can remember but enough is enough and women finally said let it burn let them see the seeds they’ve planted come to fruition so women stopped saving the world and instead theyContinue reading “As The World Burns – Georgiann Carlson”

Softly Glowing Exit Signs – Georgiann Carlson

EXIT signs are everywhere day and night they softly glow giving all of us a way out showing us doors to other places some run toward them others hesitate reevaluate change their minds still others tuck the locations away for another time or exit by accident but no one has to stay here life isContinue reading “Softly Glowing Exit Signs – Georgiann Carlson”