Tommy and Helen

For a deaf, dumb and blind boy to master a pinball game is nowhere near the effort it took for a young girl in the same circumstances to learn language from scratch. Not only did … Read more

Three Molecules

Three molecules were standing in a line, in DNA court, asked to pay a fine. They’d called some atoms hurtful names, like ‘micro-dot’ and ‘mini-claims.’ Outside, atomic crowds insisted molecules should be black listed, while the … Read more

Thanksgiving In Space

Musk and Bezos broke the bread. Most everyone else was dead. Shatner, now a-hundred-ten, had to be revived again. Turkey served in Pez dispensers set off the food warning sensors. Stuffing made of vegan dirt … Read more

Pilgrim’s Prayer

Thank you, God, for making our predecessors so easy to eliminate. We invited them to lunch, and traded them our beads for their great land. We relocated, restricted and tortured them. We gave them smallpox-infected … Read more

Vigilante Justice League

We’re going on a protester hunt, inspired by that crying killer grunt. His thoughts on Black Lives Matter was to cause a bit of splatter, bloodying Kenosha’s streets, first kills one and then repeats. Shot … Read more

Uncivil War

Welcome to the new civil war. It looks like chairman T has got the floor. It’s not a filibuster, just overflowing bluster. He’s counting on his side for a big score. The bikers and militia … Read more