Monthly Archives: February 2011
People Food
When I was a boy, a dog lunged at my cheek and broke the skin. It was my piano teacher’s dog, a German shepherd mix named Toots. My piano teacher never apologized for her dog’s behavior, which is what good … Continue reading
Filed under Fiction
Mama Sings the Blues (Excerpt)
“Stacy, darn it, wait!” I ignored my babysitter and ran down the sidewalk as fast as my five-year-old legs would take me. My house was in sight, and I had to go potty. I dashed up the stairs and found … Continue reading
Filed under Nonfiction
Mantra and Flying Tables
Mantra Everyone here loves winter and the drifting snow flakes shaped like question marks encourage me to ask is it because in this horizontal world gravity is obsolete is it the way the fireplace crackles or must we return, like … Continue reading
Filed under Poetry
Clover and Alone
Clover There is a very gentle sign of life in the straightening of a trampled grass blade. It makes one feel calm to lay face down in the park and watch. Though lying face down in a park tends also … Continue reading
