Submissions by samlove

I Googled my name, Sam Love
and it linked me to a site
with a Sam Love doll offer.
Made of strong modern vinyl,
it promised enough
strength that a 250 pound male
could go for a ride.

When I saw the ad, I began to relax,
because once you’ve had a blow up sex doll
named after you,
you don’t have to worry about fame

At least until
the fleeting fame deflates.

Some people hunt for houses
and some houses hunt for people.
I found this out the hard way
as a foreclosed house on our block
popped up on an internet auction.
Yet in digital space and time
no one wanted it.
Then in the last nail biting moment
two of us duked it out
in one hundred dollar increments.

I gritted my teeth
just before my bank account
flirted with blood red ink.
Then the other bidder dropped out and
the on screen clock clicked zero
awarding us a 110 year old house
complete with leaks, rot, peeling paint
and...