You were right, dad. They did.Yet, apparently, some brains grow back.I left him after twenty years. Maybethat’s how long it takes. Now, over my shoulder,your framed face, laughing, happy,though you can’t see me here,thing among my things: dictionaries,bird knick-knacks, mostly owls,and my trusty Magic 8 Ball that I don’ttrust anymore. Outside the freezing rainfallis like... Continue Reading →
In Training for After Middle Age
The geese in the Hudson Bay movethe same as the geese at home.The discarded white cups floating beside themmanufacture the same silences.Lapping water, clanging flagpole, the insistenceof train after train. In a city like this one,I can be invisible, mute. Slack. Mis-matched.Oily braid splintering down my neck.It’s just practice, mind you. Like beesand fallen trees,... Continue Reading →
