Keep this key
until next year;
whatever you do,
don’t give it to me sooner.
Author: Yousef Alqamoussi
Yousef Alqamoussi is the author of several collections of fiction, poetry, short stories, and essays, including "Renegade Rebel", "The Massacre of Heartbreak Morrow", "Chapter One: Costa Rica", and the “GenEd” series on education. He holds a Master of Education from Wayne State University and teaches Secondary English and History. He lives in Detroit.
Force: a story story
Today is Monday October 9.
Today misses Spencer goed up to the front of the class and sayd to us Class one two three one two three drop your pencil eyes on me and then she smiled at us and we laffed becaz her smile its so pretty. Then misses spencer sayd Friends we are going to have a new adition to our class he is a new studint Everyone say hello to our new friend ! then we all said HELLO NEW FRIEND but he didnt say hi back he just standed in the front of the class and he looked down on the flor and haved his arms crosed and a mad face and then Misses Spencer sayd to the new boy Why dont you tell us your name? …
Read the full graphic version here: Force, by Yousef Alqamoussi
BAD
Is
“bad”
so bad?
LEARN
What can I learn
from this man’s
stupidity?
EGO
Ego
is the
only
evil.
AGE
So what
will you do
when
age
happens to you?
WHEATHER
I wonder whether
it’s you or the weather
that needs to change.
ENLIGHTENMENT
Sit down
shut up
and watch.
FAME
Just let me know
when
my fifteen minutes are up.
GOLF
The Battle of Patrician was fought on a golf course
where bodies strew the tees and sand pits;
slaughter smeared the fairways
and wails rang from beneath the toppled carts;
heads rolled down the green
and well I suppose that’s what happens to golf courses.
