Cruising Kroger

Mike Mahaffey Cruising Kroger

Six years without a drink of alcohol, or drugs, even prescribed drugs, but that changed whenMary left. Maybe a month, 6 weeks after she left I couldn’t find a reason not too? “Smoke some pot, get high, feel good, forget her.” That’s what I told myself. I seemed to be the only person not smoking … Read more

I Had Nothing To Defend

Time seemed to stand still when I was with Mary.  I had quit jobs, taken jobs.  There had been seasons.  There had been moves.  There had been life, and the life was larger than the time.  All consuming. We had cooked Chicken Tetrazenni, we had been to Memphis in May, we had slept together.  We … Read more

Was It Lust?

I was several years older than Alena, but I didn’t know it.  I only knew she was mine. I didn’t quibble with her age, where she may be, or if she already had a life.  I only understood she somehow was a part of me.  Already. I loved everything about her.  Every part of her, … Read more