the first two installments of my story “silence” are among the “fresh from the garden” entries on world catalyst fledgling ezine, fruits of the creative garden , for the month of august.

this is my first “published” work,, and you will notice that they made a point of stating that my work is “unedited prose”, as i was adamant that my words be reproduced exactly as i wrote them..

whereas,, i feel that this will forever remain a stipulation of mine,, and will more than likely prohibit me from ever really becoming a “published author”,, i have to feel proud when i see my words,, sans capitals,, and yes,, with my exceedingly aggressive use of punctuation,,,, published along side some of the extremely talented writers, poets, artists and photographers, who grace this months issue…..

i would like to make a special thank you to shirley allard, the publisher of world catalyst, for understanding the importance, if only to me, of reproducing my work in exactly the same rhyming prose fashion that i envision it…..

if only for today, i am proud to be, of the common garden variety!!!!!