ORIGIN: The Brush gave us a teddy bear getting in between a kiss. But recycling is important, and most stories go on after The End anyway. The kingdom wasn’t mine, and I never learned to ride a horse. I gave my first kiss in exchange for a teddy bear. I was tired of plucking daisy […]
THE TEDDY BEAR THAT GOT IN THE WAY OF A FIRST KISS. Read More »
ORIGIN: It was supposed to be a little girl curled up against something soft. But we can’t really tell the difference between an alpaca and a llama, so just think of it as poetic license. Recycling meant turning the piece upside down, and the wolf just called to us. Moonlight makes me want to curl
CURLED UP AGAINST SOFT COMFORT. Read More »
El mal del milano, las alas quebradas y el pico sano. The stars of this saying are cowards that boast about brave deeds, trying to raise their worth in the eyes of others. Once upon a time there was a kite that didn’t have the courage to let go of his branch and take wing.
THE COWARDLY KITE THAT RAN OUT OF EXCUSES AFTER BREAKING ITS WINGS. Read More »
ORIGIN: This is an admission of guilt. All the Brush gave us was a girl in a white dress about to dance with a dog. But the neighbor’s dog had been barking most of the day and it felt like a thorn in our side. And then we just got carried away. Big brother uses
DANCING WITH DOGS, AND A TANGLE OF THORNS. Read More »
ORIGIN: It’s cold outside and the Brush agrees with us, a blanket and a hot water bottle pale in comparison to a circle of penguins. What can we say, recycling is important and we were the type of child that draws outside the lines. We are sure the Brush doesn’t mind. Penguins huddle together to
THE DOG IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIRCLE OF PENGUINS. Read More »
ORIGIN: There’s a hunchback at the heart of this Brush. His loyal dog is ready to hunt a white bird. But we are partial to big bad wolves and hand puppets because the heart on our sleeve shouldn’t be allowed to fly away. I would rather that bird had been up front with me. I’m
A HUNCHBACK, HIS HUNTING DOG AND THE GRIM FUTURE OF SOME WHITE BIRD. Read More »
ORIGIN: The fish is called siganus vulpinus. But our mirror must be misty because we don’t see the resemblance to a fox. I am very particular about the words I use. There is no such thing as a red fox. Sunsets aren’t my benchmark, blood is. I know what my face looks like in the
SIGANUS VULPINUS, AKA LOOK IN THE MIRROR. Read More »
Sin padre, ni madre, ni perro que me ladre. It’s about being independent, but we got it wrong. We thought it was about being all alone in the world, about being an orphan that didn’t even have the friendship of a dog. But it’s about not having someone barking orders at you and telling you
A MOTHERLESS, FATHERLESS, DOGLESS LITTLE THING. Read More »
ORIGIN: Corcho connected the dots and got an aloof cat turning its back to everything and everyone. Grendel got a prince lonelier than the moon waiting for his first kiss. And the rest is history. It’s too late for ladders, and anyway I prefer train tracks. I would rather cloud the moon and the stars.
AN ALOOF CAT, A LITTLE PRINCE AND AN UNASKED FOR LADDER TO THE MOON. Read More »
ORIGIN: Peacocks are pretty and fish bite hooks. Most of the tail was already there, and an ugly mermaid would crave nothing more desperately than beauty. There was a time when I used to be peacock green with envy. I was an ugly mermaid intent on shipwrecking everyone around me. Night had to fall on
HOOK, PEACOCK AND UGLY MERMAID. Read More »