Chico’s Mom – Page 87 – Poetry & More

Smoke in the trees

All photos taken with an iPhone.

Sunshine Valley

Nightmare Evie woke screaming. Every muscle in her body was tight. Her throat hurt. And she couldn’t stop shaking. Frantically, she rolled off the air mattress, inching across the floor in her sheet cocoon, to the darkest corner of the room. Her eyes darted from side to side. The breath caught in herContinue reading “Sunshine Valley”

A little Jesus

Sunshine Valley

Furniture They sat in the floor in silence. He knew he ate like a wolf. But she nibbled. Just like at church dinner, she had gotten a small portion and was just pickin’ at it. “What did you get accomplished today? Or are you allowed to talk about work?” Continue reading “Sunshine Valley”

Days like these

Sunshine Valley

TaTa Dillon knocked on Evie’s door with his heart in his hands. He should have called first? Yes, you fool. You should have called first. He was about to walk off the porch when she answered the door. His stomach fell directly to his feet. She was wearing a pair of exercise shorts.Continue reading “Sunshine Valley”

Weird thing

Sunshine Valley

The expensive stuff Rebecca was sitting on the porch with her feet propped up on the banister. Simon joined her with 2 cups of coffee. A puff of dust was getting closer to the house from the road. It was a Prompt service van. Sunshine Valley had 2 mainContinue reading “Sunshine Valley”

Cool paws

Sunshine Valley

College words College words. Was this something that was always going to be present in his mind? College words. He was by no means stupid. She just had more book learning than he did. He knew how to do things no book could ever teach a person. She really didn’t know how toContinue reading “Sunshine Valley”