We were Peter and Wendy,sprinkled with magic flying dustand steeped above an Appalachian town.One that cradled the finality of our youthin its silent hills and small towns and brick paved roads. Peter and Wendy,we were wishing on stars to stop time andpraying for wings to avoid the ground below.We painted a fairy tale for the disbelievers;we... Continue Reading →
Dinner at my housewill be indulgent,decadent,belly achingly fullfrom food, wine, laughter.Dinner at my housewill celebrate me, and you,and our minds, and our bodies,and all the beautiful, discounted miraclesthose bodies can do.Dinner at my housewill be bread with extra butter.It will be pasta with extra sauce.It will be cake –so much cake.Dinner at my housewill be... Continue Reading →
Mike’s audio connected to Zoom and what had been a budding cynicism now bloomed. New-age Indian flute music and a synthesizer beat whistled through the speakers. The teacher’s screen showed a stone buddha, the fat and happy one, resting atop a bookshelf. It looked down at Mike. Twirly bamboo in a glass vase sat next... Continue Reading →
“Where are we going?” Freddy asked, innocence shining on his face like a beacon. “On an adventure, you know that.” His father, Jerry, replied warmly. His crinkled, sea-blue eyes twinkled down at him. “I know…” he began, his small hand held tightly in the large calloused one, “I just wondered what we are... Continue Reading →
On a gentle slope of close-trimmed grasseswhen the sun rays, slanting, dress with shadowthe light folds of blanketing earthis most apparent the fracturedfaces of the underlying bedrockas it shelves. This stone is general in all places,deeper or closer as the eons have overlain it.Here, the oldest homes have been set into it,their basements chiseled out... Continue Reading →
To live in a meadow at the waningof the year is to live in greatdrifts of days—they pile uplike clouds,then stream away. It is to standunder the fullness of the glitteringas the cool air clears;to be eyed by Jupiter at the risingof the night; to walkwith the insects scattering,field mice darting dark throughyour path, shadows... Continue Reading →
