http://oonian.com/wordpress Fiction, poetry, reviews, insights, and humor. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:56:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I remember this movie once with Charlton Heston. He was supposed to be the last man on earth, but of course he wasn't. There was a black chick, a whole commune full of kids, and albinos in ray-bans around every corner. That's just as well. It would have been a ... http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=22 What power you hold In your cheery cherub cheeks, Sparkling dark eyes, And slyly coy smile. You are a see saw Large enough to move the world And open a stranger's Steely grey daytimer heart Like a popup book. http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=21 We all know the words. Were just tryin' to be friendly, Come and watch us sing and play. We're the young generation, And we've got something to say. The words inspire and embolden us. They stir the blood and pluck up the spirit. They are rich with the vigor and promise of youth. But do ... http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=20 I found this interesting and thought I would pass it along: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been getting tons of email after mentioning the GMO tomato thing on my blog so I'm going to go ahead and post this once and for everyone. I first heard about this at a party and I thought what ... http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=19 The day Christ died Like a Bhudda on the road The veil of the sky was rent The cloak of the temples fell And all the pure beckoning beauty of the heavens Spilled down upon me Cleansing me. Redefining me. The day Christ died The earth shook Time stopped--reversed The eleventh hour became the ninth And at last again Through eyes like a ... http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=18 June 8 The drink cart approached Seth's seat too slowly. It seemed as if the flight attendant had been pouring out half-cans of soda for the last twenty minutes and had only advanced two rows. Seth yawned and stretched to try and revive himself. He needed a caffeine fix. To fill ... http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=16 I have a girlfriend. I need a drink. These two phrases often show strong correlation. Today they seem equivalent not only with each other but with the sentence: "I used to have a car." It started a month ago when I noticed Jane's smile beaming at me across a room full ... http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=15 Water from under the bathroom door. Darkness spreading across the hallway carpet. The torn pieces of the letter on the table with the broken GI-Joe. The half-eaten bowl of cereal and the overturned coffee cup. The cereal box eviscerated across the table. Within the sweet smelling spray, a toy hides unclaimed. Milk ... http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=14 It’s clear they meant us no harm. Any race that can make a huge, perfectly reflective sphere appear out of nowhere and hover in one place for months on end could have easily destroyed us if they wanted to. They did not destroy us, however. Instead they did nothing. With the ... http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=13 Waves of rain ate at the dirt road and washed gravel, sand, and silt into the brimming ditches. The minivan tottered and splashed through the torrent. "Don’t get too close to the edge," Rita warned. "I'm not," Joe grumbled, "Back up, you're fogging the window." The overwhelmed wipers gave only a split second's ... http://oonian.com/wordpress/?p=12