Down with Democracy! By Wortley Clutterbuck Are not fools and stupid beings a majority in the world, and ought they not to have their representative? — Honoré de Balzac, Le Député d’Arcis. There’s been some muttering I’ve heard about a goverance preferred; it seems the lower classes want democracy, with all its cant. The […]
Master and Pupil by David Sapp When he was a young man, an earnest but nutty art student, Charles Robert came to my door painted head-to-toe in Ultramarine Blue, seeking advice and turpentine. Even then, he could have been a blue Krishna wooing Radha. Now colleagues, he is the swami, and I remain, as […]
Parabola of Pears for Reni by Victoria Fach Just after sunrise, I happened to look out the greenhouse window at the yard sparkling with sprinkler drops and sun, then glanced up at the wallpaper border where a pair of pears rested, round, golden brown, in a lineup with grapes, apples, cherries, and plums springing […]
Forgoing the Invitation to Heaven by M. Ait Ali I move in life,―where all birds, animals, insects, and cloth-faced humans―dry or wet behind the ears and the eyes― were tripped up by the emerald rug of earth and withal its skillful questions and questioning tones. I foot the distance:―the pathway a teenager, who aged […]