pay attention

The basement is cold, and the radio goes on and on. The crisp white paper in the typewriter is blank. Years ago Jackson bought himself a inexpensive manual typewriter "Just to pound on, and see what happens." All his friends said "cool." A few weeks after the purchase the typewriter was on the floor next to Jackson's seldom used desk. It is just big enough to stick out one quarter of an inch past the desk. Just enough o catch Jackson's little toe when he is not paying attention. Which is often.

Harold and the Worms

In the end Harold became friends with the worms at the bottom of the pit. Their offerings of food, while meager in proportion, soon became enough for Harold to live on. The damp quiet and fleshy soil which was the entirety of the worms world became Harold's world. In time the darkness faded and Harold could identify the worms by their rings which glistened and danced in the light from the glow worms. The worms befriended Harold, and Harold considered the fat one as one of his closest friends. the fat one, Jingy, had a young sister, and soon the marriage would bind Harold to the worms forever.