Month: April 2020
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The Coconut Palms Remember
The only witnesses who remainare the coconut palmsmy father’s father planted. They still stand, tall and thin,though their trunkshave curved…
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Special
Ever since my son’s diagnosis, I’ve dreamed that I could spill a box of toothpicks and he wouldyell out the right…
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How Do You Know You Can Do Better?
run out of breath, & silence followsrather than the little death. stub my shinson everything. not the bull in a…
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Quarantine
drinking my teafor what comfort it brings me,I stand by the windowwatching this half-hearted quarantine. beneath me, the riverruns with…
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Giving the Finger to Mr. Death
Once a week it seemsI drive past St. Peter’s Churchand catch a parking lot full of cars.No, not for the church…