-inspired by Athena, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Wallace Stevens I skipped class to frequent the Dairy Queenand order a vanilla soft serve cone, with sprinkles.I am the emperor of ice cream, I glean from Wallace Stevens. I dipped my nose cleanin white gelato, called myself a lifeguard, wrinkleslining my jaw. I skipped class to frequent the... Continue Reading →
Eve: I transformed into a night bird,scrutinizing you as you went for that reddelicious apple. I did not stop you. I thought, what if you found the freedomto rib the core, understand what wantfeels like, and to fully embrace it Adam and I, well, we come fromthe same clay. We lay naked together,our temptation wild... Continue Reading →
Barking up the tree of sociopathy, are we? Have we asked about motive? Granted, a 9-year-old school boy gives himself to learning the art of forgery, tracks down daddy’s signature, stakes out where daddy keeps the carbon paper, secretly traces daddy’s signature before committing the crime: signs daddy’s name to his report card. Not once... Continue Reading →
The shrinking man leaves light at the door, novels unread beautifully written. Blackness, like oil, oozes and envelopes the shrinking man. A slippery cocoon to roll away time (It’s all he’s got). Dust crusts the surface, crunching as it rolls to a destination unknown. Who will see the shrinking man? Few.
written By in Barcelona, I bought tickets for the flamenco show for 8:00 but we really need to leave by at least 6:30 to have a drink in the salon if we want to take the Rodalies the ticket machines can be quite finicky and the email said to be there at 7:30 and we... Continue Reading →
written By there is a tank of giant sea crabs the largest arthropod in the world that lives 2,000 feet below the sea devouring collapsed whale fall and I saw online somewhere very far away they discovered three new species of ookie gloopy creatures and despite the belugas next door, named Yulka and Kula and... Continue Reading →
It was near Memorial Day when she went into the earth along with her neighbor and friend who died a month or so after she did. This is in the frozen North where winter burials are postponed until the ground thaws. I’d given Carolyn a red rose to toss onto her mother’s coffin after it... Continue Reading →
Nowadays, nobody’s impressedwhen I tell them I met Betty Friedan.Remember her? Author ofThe Feminine Mystique? She wasfalling-down drunk, foamingat the mouth, apparently performingher parody of toxic masculinity. We’re celebrating my granddaughter’sthird birthday, watching her tear opena gift from one of her Cuban-Americangrand-aunts, a Disney Princess kit,clip-on plastic earrings, a plastic tiara,& best of all, a... Continue Reading →
written By I conjure up a human satellite attuned to night-and-day’s full spectral sweep. Found and made to jerk off to their delight into test tubes, they’d launch research for sleep -resistant breeds. Fresh paint will surely spell alarm on coffee traders’ placards that’ll burgeon. Never to go under—may he feel well enough to... Continue Reading →
written By Where our shore glimmers as waves overspill my body wakes plunged in a morning swim after sunrise removed the water’s chill. Like a jogger through pouring rain, I will tread water cold or not from limb to limb when our shore glimmers as waves overspill. Neighboring banks remain unclear until... Continue Reading →
