Blue Bubbles

The Naked Jogger

 

From The Doodle Collection

It was a spooky day

Much silence

And rain

The rain stopped

I jogged

In the dark of the evening

Through the streets

Into the park

There were lights

No other people

I ran happily on my own

Suddenly Pop up girl was there

Jogging beside me

Naked

She asked me

You’ve never seen me naked before have you?

I haven’t I told her

Am I pleasing to you?

She asked me

I smiled and told her yes

We jogged around the park in silence

Then she said to me

You should consider proposing to me

I didn’t know what to say

Then, as usual

She was gone.

Fellow Passengers

 

 

From The Doodle Collection

I don’t know why I did it

But I did

Shouldn’t have

I wrote my email address

On a note

Gave it to him as we left the train

 

His first email said

You are beautiful

Seeing you on the train

Makes my day

 

I replied

Fellow Passenger

I’m happy my appearance

Brightens your day

Oblige me with less romantic sounding emails

3 Sisters plus one

 

 

From the Doodle Collection

Me.

Name is Josh. Investment Advisor. Moderately prosperous.

Avoid owning things. No car, use public transport. No house or apartment, rent. Buy clothes, books and food.

 

Eldest Sister.

Helen. Business Degree. Company Secretary. Earns much money. More than me. Owns a BMW which she shares with her sisters.

 

Middle Sister.

Irene. Studying for a Degree of Psychology. Works part time. Owns a motor bike.

 

Youngest Sister.

Sally.  At High School. Wants to be a teacher. Rides a bicycle.

 

Me again. Josh.

Born and raised in Canada. Mum and Dad and sister, Sharon, still there.

After getting Masters Degree in Canada I moved here, to New Zealand.

Sharon is older than me. She’s single with no interest in marriage, but wants a child.

 

Three Sisters are orphans. They have no family but themselves. They’re happy and a bit wild. They inherited their parent’s house and some money.

 

Cities

 

Favorite Cities

Toe Key O

Hell Sin Key

Key O Toe

Sid Knee

She Car Go

Lun Dun

Moss Cow

My Am Me

Fee Nix

Sigh Gone

Ma Cow

Cat Man Do

Man Ill R

Mon Tree All

Nay Pulls

Sin Sin At E

From The Doodle Collection

G2

 

From the Doodle Collection

Jay was sentenced to death for his crimes. For some reason they put him into my cell. Maybe it was because they thought he wouldn’t be executed for a long time.

 

We never discussed our crimes, but I had followed the news reports about Jay and his crimes. There was never any doubt he was guilty. He confessed to all the rape murders except some he denied any knowledge of. He claimed they must have been the work of a copy cat.

 

After Jay was incarcerated there were more rape murders, confirming his theory of a copycat. He was interviewed by the police but he claimed to have no knowledge about who was responsible. They interviewed me too, but I knew nothing of Jay’s crimes.

 

A week before his scheduled execution Jay was moved to a private cell. On the morning of the day he was to be executed, Jay couldn’t be found. He disappeared.

 

There were sirens and alarms and guards running around searching and all of us inmates were locked down. They never found him, Jay. A guard was missing too.

 

After Jay and the guard disappeared there were no more local rape murders.

Across the country, 2 states and 800 kilometers away, there were a series of Jay style rape murders. After a few months, they stopped. Police believe Jay moved overseas.

Walk in the Park

 

From the Doodle Collection

Early morning

Walk in the park

Around the lake

Sunglow

Thin cloud

Bird song

Distant urban hum

From nowhere

Pop up girl pops up

Walking beside me

Her arm in mine

Hello says she

Hi says me

Will you tell me a story?

I told her about a beautiful, rich girl

Lived under a bridge

With her boyfriend

And other homeless people

Before I could finish my story

She vanished

Same as last time

When I read my book to her

On the train