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Jagged bottles, freshly broken, line the cobbled pathway leading to the house. An open window and the heady smell of warm beer implicate the under-employed and over-stimulated inhabitants of something. A frazzled flag, ruined by the wind and disinterest drizzles limply in the breeze. Broken lines and pointless stars point to broken lives and pointless wars that spit on the lithe and measured stiches of an avant guarde Betsy Ross. Ancient wooden placards, blue and white and peeling, shoot up through the hoarfrost of the unkempt yard. Promising something, though not articulated, they describe a geometric shape, strangely triangular, between signs and flag and glass. A strong confident voice, "Yes we can," wafts through the open window, and floats above the dismal house. Then a curse word and a shotgun blast and the willowing smoke from a TV no longer in need of its power switch punctuate the scene.
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Oct 27, 2014
Oct 27, 2014 at 5:54 PM UTC
Why Some Things Never Change
Jagged bottles, freshly broken, line the cobbled pathway leading to the house. An open window and the heady smell of warm beer implicate the under-employed and over-stimulated inhabitants of something. A frazzled flag, ruined by the wind and disinterest drizzles limply in the breeze. Broken lines and pointless stars point to broken lives and pointless wars that spit on the lithe and measured stiches of an avant guarde Betsy Ross. Ancient wooden placards, blue and white and peeling, shoot up through the hoarfrost of the unkempt yard. Promising something, though not articulated, they describe a geometric shape, strangely triangular, between signs and flag and glass. A strong confident voice, "Yes we can," wafts through the open window, and floats above the dismal house. Then a curse word and a shotgun blast and the willowing smoke from a TV no longer in need of its power switch punctuate the scene.
thomas-harper
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Oct 27, 2014
Oct 27, 2014 at 5:54 PM UTC
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