Author
Robert Witmer
6 works
Just Kick Back, and Let the Wheel Turn
He saw through everything, and so it was he saw nothing – the nothing that is not there, and the nothing that is.
A wise man who suffered from paranoia once wrote that the invention of absolutely safe cars
would allow people who ride in them “to feel immortal for a while.” Perhaps he was being
Pathos and Puns, Feeling for Heartache Beneath a Suit of Amore
I had learned not to take gravity lightly; even before the apple fell, it weighed heavily on my
mind. I knew the first couple hadn’t floated around Eden like cosmonauts in the International
Space Station, but I wondered how they came down to Earth. Without a DJ, or for that matter
Stuck in the Middle with You
I tried to explain to Charon all the good that Prometheus had done for humankind. But he really couldn’t do anything abo
Read More →The Afterworld
A metaphysical music plays chess with Death. No one remembers their last move. Lost in the
greater glory of the next. We must be careful to pretend. Symbols clash. And an orchestra of
stars follows the Chorus as they glide across the heavens chanting no man is happy. Until he
The Despot
The one who, after every announcement of someone’s death, eats more.
— Elias Canetti
A very rich man who advocates killing the dead, burning every mummy he can buy. He. He
To Secure a Share of Equanimity, Hide Behind a Skull
Death empowers others. — Elias Canetti
The rain comes down both sides of a camel, but only one flank of the mountain is green. Spirit falls from the summit int
Through each gate passes a road, lawless and desolate; along the road a breeze, scented with rotting fruit. A manufactur