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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • Eyes of the World

    I step up to my window to see bare branches of the oak tree swaying in tune with my spine rocking comfortably planted at home. The glare of a single street light beyond the circuit of branches reflects light onto moist air that produces a nervous orb around me and the tree. I look outside…

  • There Is No Crying In Baseball

    What would you change about modern society? If I could, I would change the rules of baseball. I’d make it so you only get three good pitches to hit the ball. If you get two strikes right away you forfeit another try. Two strikes and you’re out. In that way we’ll always wonder what the…

  • Just Another Day On The Job

    What bothers you and why? Eric didn’t tangle the hose and he wouldn’t untangle it either. He hates hoses. Any time an impossible mess of string or wire, chain or hose comes across his hands or feet Eric would rather cuss at it, like cussing at the moon in the daylight when it can’t be…

  • Reality Surrounding The Rose

    This, here, is not in my hand. This I hear is in my head. If I take one as real and the other as talent instead, I’d question the one in my hand and answer the one in my head. Since my head is more delicate than my hand and my hand is rougher than…

  • The Final Cure

    How do you practice self-care? The “incessant fine line” is torturing yourself with history you have no control over when that history is what you can’t accept so you try to cure yourself by getting better at acceptance and the current story is all that’s left.