by Fred Nicholson | Mar 18, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Love is the Answer, Stories
all is Still. [OK. Take a slow breath or two or more ] Still is never enough, is it?[Here comes the preachy talk.] Still is defined by the ‘and’ or ‘what’ words.More short stories in the making. Can you imagine your MindStill in still with...
by Fred Nicholson | Mar 12, 2019 | Stories
So, here we are again. Listening to chatter on NPR. 2 Black sounding men discussing music. Mellow. Jessie Smollett popped into view.I got up, did stuff and am at the keyboard. I [kinda] hate going off course BUT it is awkward to ‘fuck-you’ peck...
by Fred Nicholson | Mar 11, 2019 | Stories
Another Story. Change is consistent and continuous.Many of us say that. Yet,being and observing changeis not the same. Some live it.Some talk about it.Some don’t give a ***t(k).Some are in between. We say live in the moment.A story takes placein the span...
by Fred Nicholson | Mar 9, 2019 | Love is the Answer, Stories
Just past 3 AMI woke from a nightmarerealityheart in my throatfear We imagine dogs cats art trees and beessons and daughterssun and mooneach other to avoid the inevitable. Just past 3 AMI wokein cold chilling darknot knowing, just feelingalone They cut down many...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 24, 2019 | Stories
Dorothy Parker’s short story ‘Arrangement in Black and White’ influenced my work, Dying Words of a Hospice Patient, ‘Forever’. I’m on the . . Sure, I’d like to talk, uhhh, have a seat. That’s right, Jeffrey...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 24, 2019 | Stories
I have to come clean here. The first time I heard on NPR Jessie Smollent (the ‘Empire’ actor)walked into a police precinctwith a noose around his neck my liddle voice said ‘fake news’,then moved on to more gabble. The first thing a black...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 24, 2019 | Stories
Symbiosis There are 3 types of relating(the Word book says). Commensalism – One partner wins, the other has no idea.Mutualism – Both partners may benefit or survive on their own, or not.Parasitism- One partner benefits, the other is harmed.The web is an...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 24, 2019 | Stories
the Bullet Tin Scripture Sit back and chill If you wanna do somethinglisten to the childrenthe child if you only have one inside. I’m gonna call these bits n pieces ‘bullet tins’.Why not bullets?Cause bullets cause harm and there is no other, so...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 24, 2019 | Stories
Bullet-Ten Questions ***Who breaks the law?illegals Who makes the law?Legals came here killed the native buffalo foodchained a people’s body and mindtested bombs on 2 Asian cities and they still make the law. ***in Poor Towna child today may be an adult killedby...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 13, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Stories
Before you read this or not, please be forewarned. What follows may not be a poem, but once it took off, I could not stop it. Not sure if throwing in line breaks turns words into a poem. There I go ‘wording off’ again. *****the Agreement We had...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 12, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Stories
falling forthe CARROT and the stick WORLD Carrots are used for many purposes. Some folks may cover their mouths, aghast.Others think about a glass of fresh squeezed juice.Me? I’m talking about the donkey carrot, the greyhound rabbit, and the human...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 9, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Stories
TRUST is not a continuum,though like all else,it appears to be. “OK, I just stepped out of character.” I have no idea where this is heading.Let’s follow and see if we break a leglike they say in showbiz OR wind uptapping [Delete], saying good night...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 4, 2019 | Stories, War Games
I SHOUT, “I’M COMING . . .” The sun is hotter today.The stink is worse. coagulatedblood n gutsflies(where there used to be eyes)bits n piecesbody partscollectedin zippered bags “You got 10 minutes to chow down!” Lunch timeC rations, a...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 26, 2019 | Love is the Answer, Stories
Let’s see what 8:44 PM backward gives us. 8:44 PM and back. Had steak and salad for dinner. Kaia had bits of steak in low sodium organic beef broth mixed with mushed pumpkin and her daily meds. Added 30mg of codeine* to her meal to help her chill from the...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 26, 2019 | Love is the Answer, Stories
Maybe I will call all this stuff, stuff. That’s what it is, right? Stuff! Break that stuff down, and get what you want. Is seeing believing OR does believing come firstOR does it even matter? Lets not forget the Way Home is not a destination,a voyage,...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 23, 2019 | Stories, War Games
no name, 6 ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, then ‘Many Rivers To Cross’ filled my head after Vietnam. Well, not directly after. Directly after, I was going to get a job in the newly established computer field. That’s where the money was...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 23, 2019 | Stories, War Games
no name, 5 I am liking this ‘no name’ continuation. It frees mind from ‘thinking in the box’. That takes more work than is necessary, ‘thinking in the box’. Think about it! See what I mean? ‘I follow my feet’ is what I...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 18, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Stories
‘no name, 4’ The first 3 sentences plus 3 words in ‘no name, 1’ follow.I lay down to rest last night and the word ‘forgiveness’ sprang up. I thought we were going to be talking about my relationship with dad. My lined yellow pad was...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 16, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Stories
no name, 3 OK, ‘no name, 3’* was at the top of tonight’s agenda. I cooked dinnerdid dishesSpent time with Kaiaand the mirrorStacked booksFlapped Jacks None of that matters.The intention was to sit and write. Give the distractions any name you...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 13, 2019 | Love is the Answer, Stories
Words, Images and Canines I relate with images, words, and canines,easier than I do with adult humans. WORDSI AM accumulated air and extracted breath,‘til the day I die. (Die? A whole other topic.)I AM what/where/how I AM,now and not. Not until Nowmeans Now, Now, . ....
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 10, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Stories
the ‘Master Manipulator’Our President is a ‘Master Manipulator’. He has made the current negotiation about getting or not getting a physical barrier between the U.S. and Mexico. He says, “You Democrats don’t want to protect our...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 8, 2019 | Stories
“I lead the Free World”. It was chilling to hear and observe the President of the United States slowly read his prepared speech as a monotone monologue. I wonder how many of our leaders on the Left OR the Right will comment on his robot-like delivery....
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 6, 2019 | Love is the Answer, Stories
Here we are, back at it. We came up out of the station (me and the sisters), somewhere in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). I had been staying in an area where many of the hostels were located. All the maimed beggars, wobbly cloth and cardboard homes, and hands out, palms...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 2, 2019 | Stories
I lay down to rest last night and the word ‘forgiveness’ sprang up. I thought we were going to be talking about my relationship with dad. My lined yellow pad was close at hand. The next instant I was in the Bombay (currently Munbai ) airport. Our plane...
