Maciolekism

Sketches

  • A Crack Appears

    He considered himself a painter,.. but not an artist. Being an artist did not pay: each brush stroke invites a person to be offended; each choice of color risks being cancelled on social media. If a person wanted to eat,… Continue reading

  • The Need to Let Go

    It is all over the TV and the internet: everything will be better if we can just make it one step further; one more technology, one more chemical,.. one more drug. I have been through this before. My grandparents lived… Continue reading

  • The Pipe Dream

    I was walking down a main street in the 1950’s Midwest. I went into a place and stopped at a folding table at the entrance. Behind it sat a young woman who looked at me with pleasant expectancy. The place… Continue reading

  • After she ended it

    After she ended ithe replayed his answer over and over again,looking for what tipped the balance. The word or phrase. The logical slip.Was he really missing something?..or was she just crazy. She hoped that one dayhe would understand the hurt… Continue reading

  • Puzzler’s Blues

    Pick up the same piece,..     over and over again.Finally figured out where it goes     and it’s no where to be found. The reason to do a puzzle     is to let time go by without noticing it.It is… Continue reading

  • The Reich Cycle

    “Grandpa! Wake Up!” A little boy runs into the study and begins to shake the arm of his grandfather. “Have you been here all night? Mom has breakfast ready.” The old man picks his head up off the table, careful… Continue reading