Gerard DiLeo

Joined July 2021

872 stories

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Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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Capitano Neutrino
Signor Neutrino sees through lead Bends steel alloy origami Stops armed missiles overhead Eats radioactivity *** He brought Signorina to bed
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Sick Ghosts
Where do the ghosts stay at the hospital The sick who died without an even chance The patients who left without remittal Of diseased parts that pushed them the distance
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
The Float
It's not 6 feet under, like they say; it's 6 feet above. But no one looks up. My passing in review. It is museum-quality art on parade--my transitions on this canvas that can be painted so colorfully, imaginatively, and with lines of motion; hues of joy and great sadness. With beautiful strokes or blemishes of life's ugliness. Yet, like a parade, my float joins the others in a promenade of ostentatious exhibition.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Art
Pa-rum pum pum pum
So much pressure In the dark and dank All alone Inhaling water Salty water I can taste Some little drummer boy Makes a water torture
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Distraction
D0 I Seem Troubled Regarding Asinine Creations That Improvise On Nonsense?
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Rap CD in Blue
A failed rapper assumed the polite were his fans and would help him finance his CD. They weren't that polite. He had worked odd jobs to support his career, but still had nothing to show. This time, he vowed, things would be different.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Corinthian Bouquet
On the corner I waited for the lighted green man to say walk. A five-way light meant a long wait for crisscrossing traffic to take their turns.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
The Cure
"I know what the problem is!" the doctor told him. "Please," the defeated man begged--a man resigned to hopelessness. "It's not all in your head."
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
The Ring
I dig. It is well after midnight but only hours after the funeral and burial. My younger sister was a spiteful, hateful creature. And now she was dead. In a manner of speaking, looks like I won, sister.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Double Vision
Those red, piercing eyes, following me. See them? They're hungry. They burn! You can see them. Why don't you admit it? They don't like company. They're closer...closer... My God! They're here. Right now! They stare, just waiting.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Credibility
"Mr. and Mrs. Cassan, the results are back." "And?" asked Mr. Cassan. "You know we had to do all these tests because a shared delusion is rare."
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Carousel
Each child had a favorite carousel horse. The volunteer fire department call gave few details--just that it was burning. I was soon there with my fellow firefighters, but the conflagration seemed hopeless.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction