The First Word

25, August 2008

Tonight I Am Restless And Cannot Sleep

Filed under: Blogroll — David Raho @ 10:01 pm

Tonight I am so restless and cannot sleep.  I just raided the fridge and ate some cold jerk chicken and washed it down with some milk. The night bus thundered past lighting up the kitchen strobing my movement. Suddenly I am caught in the act by several pairs of roving eyes. (more…)

10, August 2008

Why Is It That That That Is Essentially Me, Loves You?

Filed under: Blogroll — David Raho @ 5:28 pm

Why is it that that that is essentially me, loves you? (more…)

The Honey Trap

Filed under: Blogroll — David Raho @ 4:59 pm

The spaces between are empty and we move from one trap to the next until we are too worn down to resist any more.  The brightness fades from our eyes, the shine from greying hair, and our once hard bodies, ache, soften, crease, and sag like old leather. (more…)

7, August 2008

Take Care and Be Happy

Filed under: Blogroll, Experimental, Fictional Writings, Vignettes, fiction, life, reflections, writing — David Raho @ 8:48 pm

The criticisms that were often made of him were not altogether unfamiliar.  That he had tried to lift himself out of the mundane routines and practicalities of everyday existence and tried in vain to reach for something slightly beyond his grasp is true. (more…)

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