The sight of you

Is a glass

Of ice water

Straight down my back.

The sound of your voice:

Nails on a chalk board,

Driving me mad,

That horrible noise.

How dare you use me,

How dare you lie,

You don’t deserve the right

To make me cry.

I will not take any more,

Nor can I care.

Apathy envelops me,

And I just stay there.

I’m not coming back from this,

I swear that I am done,

There’s nothing anyone ...

You wouldn’t think it possible for a two-ton creature to sneak away from an entire circus staff, but it’s fascinating how easy it is to get caught up in your own pre-show work and ignore the elephant not in the room. It’s also fascinating how many people in a small town with a peanut butter factory will see an elephant walking down the street and assume that it’s none of their business - until the...

Peering over the railing, Harambe watched as the humans in the cage - or enclosure, to those who like to pretend the cages are in some way for the humans sake - wait to receive their nightly meal. To most gorillas who come to the zoo, watching the humans feed is considered highly stimulating. All of them crowded together as they eat the meat of another animal. It is quite barbaric really when you...

Abigail was standing at the foot of Captain Gibbons’s bed, the candlelight shining through her gauzy shift, showing the tantalizing outline of her lithe, curvy body. He held his breath as she sauntered towards him, finger pressed to her lips; he fought the urge to bolt out of bed, embrace her, and devour her with kisses. The corner of her mouth was upturned in a seductive half smile. Her silk...

Melly and Jack both rose early on a Saturday morning, squabbling for the shower to get ready for work, as per usual. Jack somehow swindled his way into getting to go first, and Melly played with their four month old German Shepard puppy as she waited for the shower to free up. After what seemed like an eternity, it was finally her turn and she told Jasper to be a good boy and chew his bone in the ...

The deer ran into the house, leaping and jumping around. I tried not to panic and shoo the deer out the back door.

My dog barked at the intruder, which ignored him and continued it’s parade through my living room. I tried to loop his neck and guide him out the door, but he effectively avoided me.

It wasn’t until I stopped to call Animal Control that the wild animal started to tire. It splayed dow...

“We cannot cower.” The King boomed. “We must be strong, untied. A mighty force that—”

Thump! Thump!

Fifteen heads turned towards the grand doors. Bewildered expressions jumped down the table from each Knight to the next—everyone knew the rule: No disturbing the King's Counsel.

The King cleared his throat, and all heads twisted back to him. “A mighty force that—”

The doors shook again. Brass han...

“Teddy, no!” Mom cried, lunging after our little golden doodle as he snuck past us and into the storage room.

Teddy, as usual too blissfully stupid to realize what he was doing wrong, skidded and slipped on the concrete floor, his nails scrabbling for purchase. He failed and slammed into one of the towers of cardboard boxes that dominated the storage room. It wobbled ominously.

“Teddy, get ove...

I wake up to the heavy weight of my dog, Cerberus being absent from my feet. I look at my alarm clock that now reads 3:30am . It’s early, I thought, perhaps he had just needed to go outside I shrug it off and lay back down and doze back off. When I wake up it is now 6:30am, I get dressed in my usual suit and tie and head down to eat some toast. Cerberus is still absent, I have no clue where he is ...

A giddy neigh slipped through Gretchen’s lips as she remembered the exchange between her and her master (master’s son really) earlier this morning. The young boy had snuck into the stables and unlatched her stable doors. He had been planning to escape the village before the first ship left the docks for the day. Sade, Gretchen’s groomer, had been talking non stop about his desire to visit the cap...