Jamie Hogan's Blog – July 2010 Archive (6)

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Two Skies

By the chill and the turn of the leaves and the fog around his heart he knew that this was the anniversary of his father's death. He stood and stared at the endless golden plain rolling away from him and his insides were simmering and he decided it best to be alone.


His feet took him into the mountains. He sat on the prow of the promontory his father called tanka ihake, great end, and spoke his questions, but the only answer he received was that there were two skies - the…
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Added by Jamie Hogan on July 31, 2010 at 2:56pm — 3 Comments

Isabella

Only a ribbon of flame lying atop the hills to the west, then the rich blue giving in to the black. Four days had taken him to the edge of the sky and the bottom of his soul, into the midst of beasts, where mercy and quick hands and a fast horse had given him his daughter back.



Mesquite rode the wind through the open window and into her room, the ragged curtains billowing their greeting to the angel recently snatched from this dusty, austere heaven. He laid her in her bed and offered… Continue

Added by Jamie Hogan on July 30, 2010 at 4:26pm — 4 Comments

Blackballed

"What did you say?"



"Horseshit; Tom Anderson said something really dumb, I don't remember what, and I said Don't give me that horseshit and they all looked at me like I had just stabbed a baby."



"And you're not going to go back?"



"Nope."



"Seems like they might not have blackballed you like that, what with all the time you've put in teaching Sunday School and all."



"Yeah well Jesus is pretty big on the whole forgiveness deal; churches, not so… Continue

Added by Jamie Hogan on July 30, 2010 at 12:24pm — 5 Comments

Sandy Irvine

I could see George falling even through the nattering snow, gaining speed as he bashed again and again against this giant we had only an hour before conquered, limbs flopping haphazardly like a child's doll tossed carelessly away. My heart lies with him, where ever he finally rests, ripped out by the prospect that no one will ever know we stood and gazed down on all the world.



The night brushed the clouds away and brought stars. They gathered around me and sang and gradually I warmed… Continue

Added by Jamie Hogan on July 30, 2010 at 9:10am — 4 Comments

A Discarded Thing

He's a discarded thing, a crumpled wrapper from underneath the seat cast out the window, slumped against the wall next to the dumpster snuggling his three dollar bottle into his crotch. How do I recognize him through the chunky bramble on his face? He used to put needles in the carpet just inside his front door and take pictures of his sister in the shower and perform feats of impossible daring on his bicycle and I thought he was a titan. Now he's just a remora on this wall outside the mall,… Continue

Added by Jamie Hogan on July 29, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Timothy

It was like the morning light had curdled in the bedroom and my face struggled to get it's reflection through it and to the mirror. When it finally emerged, I saw my hand rubbing at the folds I swear weren't there last night and it hit me that she hadn't come home. Maybe that's what happens after all the lies are peeled away and the neglected, furious, alabaster truth is exposed. Maybe sometimes you have to run just to see how far is far enough.



Timothy appeared in the doorway, or… Continue

Added by Jamie Hogan on July 29, 2010 at 11:18am — 6 Comments

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