Ode to the Percolator
Ghosts gathered in the corner of the antique shop, pulsed around the old woman as her hand reached out, touched the glass knob of the percolator. Stains... Read more.
Twenty Faces
Is it true, she asked? Are there only twenty faces in the world? An explanation, perhaps, to why she appeared familiar to another. She placed her... Read more.
Sabbath Preparation
Ingredients for the Week Cooked chicken chopped for Monday. Green beans washed, culled and cut for Tuesday. Carrot tops twisted off, ends cut and... Read more.
After the Mammogram
Staring at the image on the screenwas like looking at a constellationwhen earth’s electricity is turned off.Hundreds of little lightsamong the nebulous clouds... Read more.
Last Rites
Black face masks litter the schoolyardlike fallen baby crows crushed underfoot:cries silenced, hearts stopped.Mom’s thirst for air called out one last time,desire... Read more.
The Faded Calendar
An old boat house in Maine on Lake Androscoggin.A summer day in the 1930s. Two skinny boys. Brothers.Curious, they rowed their boat under the lake door of the abandoned... Read more.
A Lament Rises from the Nursing Home
My father is unshaven as though he just woke –grey stubble on bruised skin.What time is it? he asks. It’s 3 pm, I answer.Shouldn’t I be asleep? he asks.His... Read more.
Rage-Reading Einstein After My Parents Died 27 Days Apart
If each moment encompasses all time – let me lose the constraint of this body leap into the galaxy cross dimensions as an astronaut blaststhrough earth’s atmosphere... Read more.