Disappearance.1
We heard today our friend went into hospital. Bed sores, disoriented, blood sugar out of whack, anemic. They noticed, I guess. Anyway they called an ambulance. I remember her at the piano, smiling her...
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She meets no strangers; pulls every heart close. Sees every ding in psyche; wants to hold them tight to stop their leakage. I need a breather. I have to get some air. Just for a moment. I need to...
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I peel the pages of memory like an onion. Transparent and dense. The first boy was cute. Blond hair, blue eyes. We played tether-ball. We were eleven. I moved away, out of state. I wasn’t sad. I had...
View ArticleThe Hole Inside
Couldn’t branch out at tender age were it not for the hole inside; Couldn’t risk a verge to the unknown were it not for the hole inside; Couldn’t risk propriety’s dress parade were it not for the hole...
View ArticleThe End
I was sure this was it. I’d been expecting it and here it was. Finally. It had to come in-spite of all the global warming deniers and those right-wing nuts who can’t see the inherent damage fracking...
View ArticleBloom
Pretty color. I reach out, entranced. The thorns prick. My blood disappears into the scarlet Bougainvillea blossoms. I’m not fond of blood. I slide off the dizzying height; past white striations on...
View Articlepain and love
We passed the KTLA5 News van just south of the exit to Isla Vista. Apparently they were also headed back to L.A. “Can’t see the water today,” Mother said, her head turned to her window as she looked...
View Articlei am subject
I am participating in Diane DeBella’s #iamsubject project http://www.iamsubject.com/the-iamsubject-project/. Here is my #iamsubject story: It felt good to know who I was. My job paid enough that I...
View ArticleDeath and the birdbath…
Mother loves birds. Wild birds on PBS Nature specials. Tiny glistening, quivering Hummingbirds at the back yard feeder. Plain sparrows with their nest in the top leafy branches of the big apricot tree...
View ArticleDaddy’s Desk
In the top drawer is Daddy’s inexpensive silver wristwatch with its flexible, stretch band. Without his warm flesh and steady heartbeat, it stopped. I tried wearing it when I noticed, but it was too...
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