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November, 2010

  1. his elegant solution

    November 30, 2010 by Mathew Ferguson

    frederick was halfway through his point about some marketing bullshit when he dissolved into pure water, spilling across the conference room table, his hands for a moment perfect water shapes, his face dropping forward to burst on the polished brown, his blue suit darkening and deflating

    susan from sales didn’t lift her papers or sleeve in time and her plan for greater brand extension was saturated and pretty much destroyed when the cheap toners diluted and smeared

    ian from editing was sloshed down his pants, one sock wet and itchy in record time

    as frederick dripped off the table, gemma the studio manager glowed with joy at the beauty of his elegant solution.


  2. a man of measure

    November 24, 2010 by Mathew Ferguson

    he wanted a man of measure

    a firebreather with brutality

    a villainous gardener

    a hasty murderer

    this beautiful tyrant would kick down the door

    and demand

    the acquiescence would be muted

    yes disguised as a shorter word

    not the slovenly butcher

    or the drunken doctor

    not the forgetful vet

    or the vet who remembered