by Bela Johnson | Oct 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Who is this man, standing so smugly, his arm around the bloated carcass of some billionaire male? To make one’s fortune by treating the bodies of innocent young girls like chattel, products to offer the unfuckable — men for whom lovemaking has become transaction, who...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
Indigo, ocean,emerald valley,the algae greenof a seasonal stream. Burnt umber earth,too long withoutthe rains that nearly alwayssweep through this gulch. Underfoot now,powdery soillaced with ironwood needles. You know how quickly it goes. One day,you’re excitedly...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
The devil is,as so often,in the particulars. The nuances,the fine tuning,the discordant elementswe try to bringinto harmony. It is simplyliving with eyes open. Being awake meansaccepting lifeon its own terms,meeting thingsas they are – forever changing,never static –...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
I have learnedthere are very few peopleI can confide in. Once I thought,quite generously,that I might have been mistakenabout one particular fellow. He had shareddeep confidences with meover painful thingsthat had happenedlong ago. I had listened,allowed him to...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
All of us are born without armor,but somehow, somewherealong the line,we begin to suspect life,and thus other people,are unsafe. Instead of remaining opento what we can discoverin a situation,we back further into ourselvesuntil we no longer trustwhat we perceive of...
