There was a long line of subjects awaiting the Emperor’s audience. A man who wore rouge on his cheeks and long pointy hat that hung to the dirt bowed deeply as he stood before the throne in the canyon. I am honored to be in your presence, my liege, the man said doffing his hat […]
The Sun watched the Fool sleep in the sunflower fields. He had seen the Fool sleep in this field many times before. Sometimes he would talk to the Fool directly, but he decided to let Hermes and Apollo have their chance this time, though they have had their turn many times before. The Sun noticed […]
While on top of the plateau with Justice, the Chariot arrived with a woman tied up and blindfolded. The chariot driver brought the woman to the middle of the plateau and stuck eight swords around her like a cage. The woman seemed calm and didn’t struggle with her restraints. Justice, who is also blindfolded, walks […]
Time moved slowly in the night desert. The Star poured the pitchers continuously into the oasis and the parched desert sand. A howling wind made the night scene haunting. The Fool thought of ghosts watching him from the darkness beyond the Star’s light. A shiver went up the Fool’s spine. He heard whispering from somewhere […]
Time with the Lovers moved slowly like cold molasses. They played all day and made love every night. The Fool would sometimes not talk to them for days. Rarely the time would come when the Fool would spend any time with one of the Lovers one on one. I was the queen of a far […]
As the Fool walked deeper into the cave away from the Devil, he could smell smoke. He felt his way further into the cave and further from the opening with the giant silhouette of a demon waiting for him. Forward it got darker until he couldn’t see anything at all. He found himself on a […]
As the Emperor dealt with his subjects, the Fool walked around the canyon and found a large oak tree. As he got closer he could see a body lying in repose on a catafalque in the shade of the giant oak tree. Four swords hung above the body on the tree with heavy nails. A […]
Death stared at the Fool with grinning menace. The scythe leaning on the bloody soil and the talking body parts. The Fool was filled with dread. He couldn’t read the skull’s facial expression. Was he to die now? Was Death just waiting for the time to come? Raindrops started falling from the sky onto the […]
One day of the many days that the Fool studied under the Priestess, the Priestess told the Fool to approach the far end of the room. The Fool walked for many minutes across the black and white tiled floor. His footfalls echoed across the vast room. Soon he saw a figure kneeling. It was a […]
Here are my Swords. The King of Swords is Alexander the Great looking down at India, my Queen of Swords is Joan of Arc, my Knight of Swords is based on a famous scene from The Man From Snowy River, and my Page of Swords is a Zulu warrior. My Two of Swords is based […]