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September

A Poem by Ranger Kessel

Heavy clouds had fallen from their perches in the sky. The sounds of breath panting anxiously for air. Fingers nervously seeking something to touch th..

A Barn

A Poem by Ranger Kessel

The smell of rust, gasoline and decay were choking me. That tends to happen when you walk around a decrepit barn. The hooks from the ceiling were call..

Our Time

A Poem by Ranger Kessel

I was a fool for your long stocking curl. The way it drooped over your ear and your fingers licked gently into place. It held me in a trance. ..

A Hang Up

A Poem by Ranger Kessel

She was bleeding from her mouth and eyes but it was her. Dangling from the rafter. Her power suit and briefcase on the table nearby. She didn't ge..

Nothng

A Poem by Ranger Kessel

For me there was nothing but the curl of your hair. The way it flopped around anxiously across your forehead. A blonde crescent moon rising and settin..

Silence

A Poem by Ranger Kessel

Your fragrance of silence lives in me. Tattooed to my being. I wish I heard longing in your pen. Do you remember? Its invasion. At the pa..

Crying

A Poem by Ranger Kessel

I saw you there. Under the stairs. Black eyed and crying. Straps of your Gown hanging loosely under your Shoulder. The night that went awry. ..

Snowflakes

A Story by Ranger Kessel

You were laying there motionless in your overstuffed, over pillowed bed for hours. You were curious as to the time, but the alarm clock sat awkwardly ..

Stubble Face

A Story by Ranger Kessel

There you were at the bus station again. The bus pass you had paid entirely too much money for was clasped in your tight, little fingers like a child ..

An Ad

A Story by Ranger Kessel

You read the ad in the local paper: Auction: All bids accepted. Everything must go. Something struck you about that ad. You didn’t know ..