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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • The Nice and Quiet Bigot

    A highly riddled man walks into a restaurant in America for a bowl of curry. He is seated at a table by the front door. A door he has walked through a dozen times before. So many times that he notices the menu has changed, not the food but the format.  He is visiting the…

  • The Sacred Vessel – Fraudulent Monarchy

    Kneeling by stream water to swill out the sacred wine vessel with water I see my reflection in nature as a Tudor but with no real desire to sit high on the hill as a monarch or even kneel before those I would later betray for golden horizons as a perceived pauper. Next time, when…

  • Replace the Word “Swill” with “Design”

    “Who is that,” asked a young man, a little while back, who was not familiar with anyone outside of his own inner circle.  At that moment Eric had stepped out of a van concerned he was not on to something, not on something like everyone else, but on to something like a story he was…

  • Fifteen Hundred Miles from Here

    It’s 95 degrees in the shade and I’m zooming through the desert where there is no shade. The side of the road is whipping by but the sun just sits there all high and feverishly hot over here, not moving.  It seems to not be moving any place with the perception of my eyes but…

  • Wooden Ship – On Fire and Ice

    The wooden ship appeared on the crest of a wave and perched there for as long as frozen things can remain frozen at freezing temperatures. Not forever since the cycle of water is a cycle.  The ship would not be toppled for another century. I know this because I am the only one who will…