Stories tagged “trash”

  • Home Alone

    I walk through my empty house humming to myself. I head towards my kitchen to grab snack. As I rummage through the cupboards looking for a decent snack that isn’t to fattening, I hear the floor creak. I freeze and look towards the hallway that le...

  • One Man's Trash

    Tears dripped slowly from the walls of the decrepit abode. Stairs cried with the anguish of memories of many years neglect. The foundation wobbled with insecurity. Paint faded to various bleak shades. What a drab sight it was, but it’s inhabitant...

  • Ralph's A Dead Man

    “Get me ’nother beer, Mary Sue!” he slurred as he hollered from the dirty old couch that he spent most of his waking hours on. He snorted and grunted as he watched the game oblivious to the old pizza boxes and partially empty take-out...

  • Underground Dwellers

    The trash had slowly piled up. It took over, piece by piece. And no one seemed to notice until it was too late. Those with money used it to simply move their houses to the top of the heap, compacting it. Turning it into stinky, solid foundations. And y...

  • Tossed Away

    I serve all Every size, color, and shape, Vegetarians and aspiring carnivores I serve all. I do my job, I clean up nicely Suffering the chapped lips and bad breath, I do my job. AND THEN: I am tossed away Unneeded, not cared for, Crumpled up and in t...

    • Author: Ari Marx
    • Posted over 2 years ago.

  • Adopted(the let down)

    Steven got news he would be going to meet his long lost brother. Every day he told friends how he was thrown in a trash can by his own mom when he was months old. Luckily for him, a caravan of Canadians stopped, hearing him cry, took him home. He grew ...