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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • Creating Space

    I have a big round head with two black holes over my nose, taking in galaxies of light that twinkle in every room I inhabit. Light comes into focus, glistening off of every object onto moist round lenses where stars come to die. Mirrored movement in my eyes makes them swirl, perpetually scanning dark over…

  • I Should Stay, I Should Forego

    Between being told what is mine and what is not, what I’ve done and what I forgot because I don’t know it, I think I’ll go enjoy a vice instead of forego it.  Minutes go by. Maybe I did. Probably I didn’t. I should just sit still another minute instead of saying what’s on my…

  • Thunder Inside My Brain

    There is the sound of thunder. There stops drops of rain. Over here is really under. Drips inside my brain.  Here is the place I hear from. Over there is how far I can see. Black clouds, I don’t fear them. They freely follow me.  Storms stop silent from rumbling. Shhhh. Over there another raindrop.…

  • What I Do Not Know Could Fill A Book

    I have a big old knot smack dab in the middle of my forehead. It is supposedly calcified bone that I’ve had for about twenty-five years, but I hope that within the next five years the knot will actually open up and blink. Over the past five years, I have transformed my look from boho…

  • Bravo! Well Done!

    Your thoughts here will be on a slippery slope. These words will invoke a pause at every sentence. You will want to become a writer yourself to add what I have blindly left out. The only thing stopping you is you can’t take on the same style as the name etched over the picture that…