Empathetic

He watched the kitten pounce at skipping white butterflies. It failed to catch a single one. He sat there thinking about his love-life.

©2011, Simon Kewin

Slip Up

“The special is salmon,” I announce, before I remember the hand sticking out of the pile of fish and ice in the kitchen. “I mean salad.”

©2011, Ken Liu

Bristle

Crumpled hairs from your brush cling to the tiger you painted: vibrant with your anger, she is ready to overtake and rend apart her prey.

©2011, Peg Duthie

In Her Scarlett Gown With 6 Inch Heels

Upwind of the herd she watches, salivating, her legs locked in trembling crouch. The beasts arrive, she is lioness, she swoops, she seizes.

©2011, Gayle Beveridge

Clown Pounds

It takes much planning to pull one’s weight, especially in shoes not meant to fit.

©2011, Peg Duthie