How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Try saying that ten times fast....not that easy is it?(Personally I couldn't get past the second time) Ok first things first what is a woodchuck? Well a woodchuck is another name for the groundhog. Now ground hogs are large ground squirrels that are usually found through much of the eastern United States, across Canada and … Continue reading How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Different

Sorry I'm late! Different, I'm different, I'm different, they say. Different than what? What makes me that way? What makes weak skin desirable? Sunburns beautiful? Different, I'm different, You're different than me, I'm different than the jazzy chocolate tones of the Stolen, A history beyond slavery, a future beyond discrimination, They know how to make … Continue reading Different

Vergesssen

High on the rocky cragsSurrounding VergessenLooking down uponThat windswept town The melancholy spiresOf gray buildingsWeather beatenBy winter winds A mournful raven’s cryAll to break the pensive silenceThen iron church bellsEcho around the cliffs Who lives in such a town?So windswept and forgottenThe soil fruitlessUnyielding A single maid is seenCarrying her pailShe doesn’t look upShe’s seen … Continue reading Vergesssen

The Ballad of the Chocolate-Chip Cookie

(https://bakingmischief.com) High in a fortressRather crumbled and old,There lived a fair maidenWith more beauty than gold. She, a chocolate-chip cookieWith a near perfect form,Was guarded by giants,So would she not mourn? Oh who could save her,That damsel most fair,For her giant assailantsWould kill all who’d dare. The cookie she waitedAs each long day passed,For her … Continue reading The Ballad of the Chocolate-Chip Cookie

Prologue

Space, 2863 AD Onboard the Black Star Captain Harold Denfield into the black expanse of the cosmos. The Black Star had been sending out the same message every hour, hoping that someone, something, would hear its’ call. SOS...SOS...We are the last remaining survivors of planet Earth. We have run out of power and are almost out of food...repeat, … Continue reading Prologue