The Rustbucket King 🤴 —A Greenflagworthy story

Part 1: The Rustbucket King Tank was a man built of spare parts and stubbornness. He was broad-shouldered and thick-chested, with a welding mask permanently pushed up on his forehead like a steel crown. His kingdom was the “Sanctuary,” a scrapyard fortress of stacked cars and corrugated metal that hummed with the quiet industry of … Read more

Poem for Today’s Dubbing Contest

A Tale of Tank, Steve, and Dylan The stage was set, the screen was clear, A contest where we conquered fear. The video played, a silly sight: A goose was typing in the daylight. His homework waited, page half-done, Beneath the cheerful, morning sun. Then Steve began, with honk and tone, A gander’s mutter, gasp, … Read more

The Gator Who Swamped the Mushroom

Tank was the tech genius of the sixth grade. He got his nickname not from being big, but from being in the Gator House—the green team for his school. His real name was reserved for the principal’s loudspeaker. The rest of the time, he was just Tank. His English teacher, the notoriously strict Dr. Terrett, … Read more

A Thing that Happened to Me Today

MY ELEVATOR ACCIDENT I press the button, Up it goes so slow. Watching numbers light up, From one to eleven they glow. First floor, second floor, Third and then the fourth. Heading to the eleventh, Traveling straight north. Fifth floor, sixth floor, Seventh, eighth, ninth, then ten. Will this elevator Ever reach me then? Finally … Read more