Hyperbole: I run so, so fast, that I can beat my dog in a race. I had to sleep for 100 hours to get my rest back. Not even a cow can satisfy my hunger. Imagery: She smells as a garden full of fresh watered roses. She is rough as piece...

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He said he just wanted a kiss   I must admit I was captivated by his sweet whispers My friends didn’t care. They were actually scared. They said they didn’t like how he stared as he whispered.   I should have listened and maybe I wouldn’t be caught in this fucking...

Dad said he’d gone hunting for the weekend. But it looked like he’d gone fishing. He told me to hush and eat my dinner but I didn’t know octopus had fingers. Luckily I didn’t. But daddy did. Whatever he ate bulked out of his throat, traveled down and ate his...

It was the middle of the night when I heard Bud barking as if he were wild. I thought he may have contracted rabies and was having an episode. I knew if he acquired rabies I would have to put him down. I grabbed my...

I skipped down the hall like it was a parade Excited to see what the day would bring, I was so full of joy, I just wanted to sing! We left our home country to “lands of the free” That’s what my dad said, when he first told me I...