Andrew Cyr

I never expected to see Gracelyn again,not like this, not at her wedding.We’d lost contact five years back.I stayed in Seattle, and she workedfor a firm in Georgia.A friend of a friend offered methe chance to spend timewith her at a wedding.Who’s, she didn’t say.In a rut, I didn’t think to ask.Getting out of my comfort zonesent chills the length of my spine.We arrived for small … [Read more...] about Gracelyn’s Groom, By: Andrew Cyr

The news drives despair.I switched the station to anchors,who recited talking points.Their deadpan stares screamed of apathy.Nothing I give could changethe carpet bombing overseasand my ears ring with desperation.The suffering of the innocentbleeds me dry.My tears burn my skin.I suspended the beliefin happiness.I exhaled painin the hopethose men behind deskspushing war to … [Read more...] about Apathy On TV, By: Andrew Cyr

A woman I’d eyed for sometimehad left a book in the library unattended.She penciled Kathrine in the margin,along with her phone number.But Katherine owned this bookand said to call the number if found.I uncovered her name where stories havebut days to flip through pagesuntil the trash was their new home.A library, where people read booksthat conservatives had bannedover their … [Read more...] about Delicious Book Ban, By: Andrew Cyr

It wasn’t Seth’s first time running from the cops,but it was the first time this December.Christmas lights wrapped around homesas though they, themselves, were a gift.Seth gripped the steering wheel,checking the rearview mirror.The windshield wipers battedlarge white flakes from his sight.His smile stretched over his teeth,knowing he shook the cops.The powdered snow … [Read more...] about Train Departure, By: Andrew Cyr

I sense trouble emanating amonginsincere calls for a ceasefire.I came across a postabout the Palestinian war,labeling it a genocide.Indeed, an ethnic cleansingof those shelteringin an apartheid state,hungry for nationhood,starved of identity,but suffer as mere pawnsin their own salvation.The passion among piousactors lacked substance.We forgot the victims of the 7thfor … [Read more...] about Trouble In A Ceasefire, By: Andrew Cyr