Vertigo-Induced Masterpiece The table centerpiece +++++++ becomes a spinning disco ball giving me a severe case +++++++ of Saturday night fever as it begins reflecting neon lights +++++++ on popcorn ceiling. Illuminated eyes suspend my mind. +++++++ Dizzy, I swallow... Continue Reading →
Finding My Slogan Has your stomach hurt since 5th grade, cue hate notes, best friend lists, invitations never received? The whole story brushes up against the now its noise so loud you crouch your shoulders up high and listen closer.... Continue Reading →
Notes Taken While Listening to “Blue in Green” Long goodbyes have a Twinkie shelf life. +++++++ Don’t give me that look next time. I forget the evening paper on the front step. +++++++ It is wet with dew by morning.... Continue Reading →
Winter Rain Do I imagine the sky is bluer against grey clouds. The truck behind me put its hazards on when we were in the worst of it. ++++++++++++++++++ I need new windshield wipers. I need the raincoat I forgot... Continue Reading →
Am I Doing this Grieving Thing Correctly? I throw eggs against a tree as my Buddhist counselor suggests. I write, then burn, letters as my therapist instructs. I meditate, sit with the sadness, don’t resist. I’m a straight-A student trying... Continue Reading →
The Known Earth Used to be flat—any horizon a cliff over infinity. And then the revelations of circles, orbits, spheres upon spheres, stars and planets hurtling through the heavens like embers spitting from a dying log. Each winter my elderly... Continue Reading →
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