Author Archives: ksga2013
The Little Girl Mouse
“Krishna offered to the little girl mouse … the hand of the sungod in marriage … but instead she chose a little boy mouse.” –Srila Prabhupad The Little Girl Mouse By Kathryn S. Gardiner A mouse in little brown shoes … Continue reading
Sleep On It
Sleep On It By Kathryn S. Gardiner The television went blank for the span of a few seconds, then blinked back to the generic menu screen. ‘Play’ was the only option. Brandon swallowed and said nothing. He looked at the … Continue reading
The Proper Care and Feeding of Loneliness
or The Weirdest Love Poem to Sebastian Stan or Fun with Metaphors, a Not-So-Nautical Verse by Kathryn S. Gardiner curled around ventricles and aorta piercing twisting grasping heavy viscous limbs that sway around me like seaweed in the tide while … Continue reading
Hypothetical ‘He’
Days grow long, +++++++ the summers are hot, and I have a friend with scissors, +++++++ so I think, Why not? “Men prefer long hair,” they tell me, +++++++ just so I know that ‘he’ may be displeased. I never … Continue reading
Jiu-jitsu Love, A Haiku
Jiu-jitsu Love, A Haiku by Kathryn S. Gardiner It starts with a roll Rear naked choke of the heart Tears instead of tap
Mea Culpa to the Men I’ve Loved
Mea Culpa to the Men I’ve Loved by Kathryn S. Gardiner Sorry I tried to +++++++ shove you in that box, +++++++ push you off that cliff, +++++++ drag you into bed, +++++++ and pull you through the impressive terrain … Continue reading
Penny and the Peach
Penny and the Peach By Kathryn S. Gardiner She’d always heard the snarls and the screams. She remembered being a toddler taking her first shaky steps toward that shadowed place in the glen before her mother swooped her up in … Continue reading
A Pretty Plight
A Pretty Plight by Kathryn S. Gardiner She watched him go and sighed, “Alas. Too bad his soul isn’t as nice as his ass.”
Aimee, the Ant Who Wondered
Aimee, the Ant Who Wondered By Kathryn S. Gardiner She knew what she was supposed to do. She could smell it in the ground, feel it from her mandibles to her thorax, but the moment the others took to the … Continue reading
