Frankenberry's Attic

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  • Of Moms, Sons & Assorted Friends (flash fiction)

    So another Flash Fiction/Prosery prompt at dVerse Poets from Melissa of Mom With a Blog of the usual 144 word max type (not including the title) and the prompt this time around was a line from a poem by Tina Chang “I am haunted by how much our mothers do not know.”  Melissa explains it… Continue reading

  • Gray

    I had the most random of asks the other day, “when did you start getting gray?” from the coolest of strange kid I work with, the one I would have befriended in high school to protect him or maybe he would have befriended me the same in my own strangeness as having a wingman is… Continue reading

  • Baby, It’s a Tax Scam (song revisit)

    Trickle, trickle, trickle … It’ll trickle down to you, you poor unwashed masses, eventually, we promise, the economy … since Reagan this empty promise (now please grab a shower or something, break out a damp washcloth at least you stinky bastards … sheesh!!) Seems the Orange Devil, amid whatever words can be gleaned from a… Continue reading

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  • Tableaus and Nightstands

    Something for a latest dverse poets prompt. ////////////////////////////////////////// I was all a reach with tableau which sounds like table but wasn’t as it don’t hold no lamps or knicks instead real tried light and knacks to table tableau’s nightstand sleep wishes to reach when night comes hard unforgiving dreams of cold monsters that scream for… Continue reading

  • Oranges and Halter Tops (flash fiction)

    So I have this new friend who posted an idea for some flash fiction, with a picture to base it on. “Do you see anyone?” “What?” “Do you see … dude, never mind. You are just fucking dim” “No, I don’t see anyone and yes, I see that too and no I’m not dim, sometimes… Continue reading

  • Tooth

    Tooth It was early 2020 before the world got bent and the rubber gloves told me that that thing was going to need to come out, another tooth to not weirdly save in a flowery box that Mom has in a closet right next to her fall pajamas. I went with that and ran. For… Continue reading

  • The Out Loud (songs)

    After re-visiting my Cujo the cat tune I thought I’d go back to a few other things. Some recent Never Trump & GOP things. ////////////////////////////////////////// We Want You To Be We (to Cheap Trick “I Want You To Want Me”) We Want You … To Be … We . We want you to be we… Continue reading

  • To Pee Or Not To … I Didn’t Pee (Cujo the Cat song) – A Revisit

    The other day as I was checking out my Blog stats at WordPress, the platform I use for the Attic and one of the cool things about WordPress, the ability to see your sites “traffic”, I noticed that an older parody tune of mine had recently gotten a couple of unexpected downloads/listens. Now I am… Continue reading

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  • So Then Sunday: Oompa Loompa Bob Song: An Oompa Loompa Cautionary Tale/Eulogy

    Thought to just a little fun for a “So Then Sunday” today. From back in the Spring, my version of the Oompa Loompa song for an unfortunate guy named Bob. I know, you’re saying “Damn Frankenberry! This is just what I didn’t know I needed today!” You’re welcome. //////////////////////////////////////// April 2, 2024 So a friend,… Continue reading

  • The Troll Under The Stairs

    Beck: Dammit!! Me: What? I had made my way upstairs into Beck’s kitchen which then leads into the dining room where she was sitting at the dining room table with her dinner. Beck: You’re supposed to make a sound, any sound! Me: What? The steps creak a bit, and that handrail just lost a screw… Continue reading

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