by Sean Dempsey Inspired by a true story of dismal woe… Spoke an aged gardener,As he tapped his gentle knee:“By thy green thumb and patient eye,I pray thee, hark to me! A tale of love and loss I’ll tell,Of root and tender leaf,Of a plant I loved more true than man,And lost to mortal grief. […]
This story is loosely based on the brief “Czech Crime” tale within Part 2 of The Stranger by Albert Camus. While the story is not unique, the the tale is now refined and laid more bare… In the picturesque village of Český Sněžný in Czechoslovakia, nestled amidst rolling hills and pristine landscapes, a young man […]
The best laid plans of mice and men— Are worthless then, now, and again. Man plans, God laughs; tides rise and ebb; For spinsters weave such gilded webs… The rain will come, despite his plans; Quakes will shake the toughest land; And though man tries to own his fate, A firm grasp of sand shall […]
