cheating_death scuzz Two glasses of water and a side of fruit. She stared past her friend into the sky's nightfall. A bowl of salad and a 5 dollar bill made her tips palpable. She came in again this morning for the 7 o'clock, but the shop was closed. 031116 ... mon one little tree stopped the truck from plunging into the ravine i grabbed my baby brother and my dolls clinging to the front seat watching everything ahead rushing towards us moving so fast the brakes had failed and the block of wood had shifted i could hear my mother screaming my parents shouting as they ran down the hill after us my eyes closed i wished like heck for something to and something did stop the truck one little tree i remember it wasn't much taller than i was and i was small it was one single tree surrounded by empty mulch we could have missed it but we didn't i remember the smell of the dirt when i got out and cried looking down into the depths the tops of trees and violent waters the smell of old moist earth the boughs of a baby cedar 031116 ... fate a calm plea I caught the grim reaper palming the dice during a game of monopoly, he's not allowed to come over anymore 031116 ... Death of a Rose a tear for that mon 031117 ... raze another inch or two and we would have been dead, he said. and we could have died so many times before. makes you wonder if someone's pulling the strings that make us dance, or if it's all just blind dumb luck, and we'll never know how much we've been given or when it's about to run out. 240701 what's it to you? who go blather from