Monthly Archives: June 2010
Envelope in the Pigeonhole
This evening when I return to the hotel I see in my pigeonhole Angela’s writing on a yellow envelope. What excuse will she have for not writing? Too busy, perhaps, stirring cauldrons of soup while the cats dash about licking … Continue reading
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Love and Slaughter
Sheep are by a goat while cattle are like swine, prodded, yet cattle go by hammer while swine are by the hind leg hung then swung about to spigot. Quicker, infinitely cleaner, is the hacksaw of sweet Susan’s laughter. © … Continue reading
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two people go into a coffee shop to talk about death
Two people go into a coffee shop every day. They’re young, done with college, or almost done with it. Doesn’t matter. They both have jobs, and, it doesn’t matter either, how much money they make. The girl orders a tea … Continue reading
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PORTRAIT OF THE MUSE: BIRTHING
You don’t know her. She doesn’t know you. Maybe she will never know you. Your forehead scrapes the underside of her spine. You spread her hips, squint into a light you have no nerves for. Through dust on the window … Continue reading
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Fortunes, For What They’re Worth
I’m tired of the faulty predictions I’ve been getting lately from Fortune Cookies. Quite simply, they’re wrong—I’m not the woman they perceive me to be. In the last two months I’ve had these wise words bestowed upon me: Cookie #1: … Continue reading
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