"10:33 Monday June 6th"
by William "Buck" Bolyard
I'm wired Yet a little tired I stand at my breakfast island, Because I can finally afford an apartment My pants ore off, Shirt on, Working on an article about social media And death. Not of people, But of everything. She left about 10 minutes ago. Showing up unannounced. Crying about what he had gone about. I felt for her, Because at times I felt that pain. From another time, With some other dame. Yet she wasn't a dame, She was my ex-wife. Two taken people made love on a faded leather couch. Heavy breaths washing out our second thoughts. She was married, And I was in love with the last one. When it was over we shared a cigarette on the porch. Watching the flashing lights of ships coming to port. She sighed, I wanted to cry, Because it wasn't my place to share. She left shortly after. Now I stand at my counter. Drinking, Writing, Wishing it all had some meaning. Yet, I wished it was you I wished it was her, I wished it was the people that made it worth living.
William Bolyard spent over 10 years as a US Army infantryman. He is the author of Sober Man’s Thoughts. You can follow him on IG here. Listen to our Savage Wonder podcast episode with him here.
Want the best date night possible this Saturday night? Drinks, dessert, a hilarious live performance, professional actors, an intimate unforgettable space, pay-what-you-can tickets…it simply does not get better than this. So come on out and join us at our Parlor on Quaker Avenue for our staged reading of Ira Levin’s legendary Broadway comedy/thriller Deathtrap.
Don’t know Deathtrap? It was the winner of the 1978 Edgar Award for Best Play and record holder for the longest-running comedy thriller on Broadway. It’s about Sidney Bruhl - a successful Broadway playwright with writer’s block and a recent spate of box office failures. Desperate to break his dry-spell, Sidney finds hope in Clifford Anderson, a student in his seminar class who has submitted a thriller script, cleverly titled Deathtrap as well. Can Sidney convince Clifford to collaborate and give him co-credit? Or is there a way to cut Clifford out altogether and get sole credit?
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J.F. Holmes is a retired Army Senior Noncommissioned Officer, having served for 22 years in both the Regular Army and Army National Guard. During that time, he served as everything from an artillery section leader to a member of a Division level planning staff, with tours in Cuba and Iraq, as well as responding to the terrorists attacks in NYC on 9-11.
From 2010 to 2014 he wrote the immensely popular military cartoon strip, "Power Point Ranger", poking fun at military life in the tradition of Beetle Bailey and Willy & Joe.
His books range from Military Sci-Fi to Space Opera to Detective to Fantasy, with a lot in between, and in 2017 two are finalists for the prestigious Dragon Awards.
In 2018, he launched Cannon Publishing, (www.cannonpublishing.us) specializing in anthologies and works from up and coming authors.
J.F. Holmes has published over eighteen books and two novellas.
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