Dead Men Walking – 9am Lowered faces, hallowed eyes, and heavy sighs as people collapse into worn mustard yellow office chairs. Microsoft “Welcome” music sings in almost-unison as computers start. Some carry tall, grande and venti cups of coffee. Others, without the time and patience, make their way to the kitchen to fix bitter (free) [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 22, 2009
Early Years
Our bicycles on a dirt road weaving between trees trying to beat the sun home You laughing hard like the letter K pause to cross string fingers Pray your big brother doesn’t know his baseball cards are in our spokes Mosquito bit legs pump in unison My blue jacket flapping in the wind © 2009 [...]
October 15, 2009
This Is What You Left Behind
This is the house. Those are the plants you asked be planted around the tree in the front yard, though it’s true that they never lived as long as you hoped they would. So we replanted them every year and I continue to do so, mostly out of habit though also out of a desire [...]
October 8, 2009
Thread
At your place I find no hesitance to kick up my heels, place my hair in a bun and get on my knees; find the absentminded string that abandoned its brothers on the side of the Oriental rug and pull pull pull watch it unravel, hoist the rug up so I watch the thread weave [...]
October 1, 2009
Grace
It began simply enough – as most things do. I said hello and smiled. She looked at me from under her ink–colored lashes and gave me a crescent shaped grin. It showed off her dimples, the color of fresh peaches. I told her I liked her shoes – yellow ballet flats with satin bows trimmed [...]
