not me

In any error or act, the last thing we see is our complicity.

rat-a-tat-tat

Sprayed with automatic weapon-fire, I was having difficulty connecting the dots.

cast as extras

In any sufficiently complex notion of God, people simply become superfluous.

people trump ideas

The problems begin when one puts ideologies before people. People will complicate that which ideologies want to simplify.

past imperfect

Memory is imagination with a history.

seen enough

There have been countless UFO sightings and yet no confirmed contact with aliens has occurred. Quite possibly they’ve seen enough and are avoiding us.

serfdom

Serf to the fictional fiefdom of the self.

to go that far

To die in a place so wild or unnavigable your body will never be recovered.

proud flesh

Healed before the scars remembered where to leave their marks.

almost malapropism

Almost a malapropism except it makes sense: Devise and conquer.

low down

A sewer worker in the necropolis.

friend demand

Make too many friends and you forfeit your own life.

after the fall

Felled, but feeling better.