Hour Nine – Clack Clack Clack

  It was daily occurence and nobody seemed to notice how many times it had happened over the last 20 years. That’s 20 by 365 not accounting for a leap year. Who knew that it would lead to madness. That after 20 years we could…

While Waiting

Crow call, Somewhere Behind the sun where eyes won’t go, Feel the light but see no wings.

You Walk

In the cold soft blue winter light, morning, You Walk. No arm no more to hold you back in bed, You walk. No longer fighting days awake with “five more minute” sleep, You walk. The empty house you own, empty bed and empty thoughts, You…

I am the city Windy places Passion created bringing wunderlust

Hour 9: Dear William Stafford

Kind sir: I feel as if I know you, having met your boy Kim, and your daughters Kit and Barbara. I missed Bret, sad to say. I know you missed him, too, with that feeling of grief, as you put it, like snow in Wyoming….

The Mathematics of Faith

The Mathematics of Faith Calculate how long you will live without Googling it. Will you survive until you’re 80? Will you make it past your next doctor’s visit this coming Wednesday? You remember that your sister and mother died when they were younger than you…

A Poster of Robert Plant

Matted grass, where bodies had lain, a swirl of capillaries on the neck, like a tie dye. Me sitting on the car hood and it began to move. You hung out the passenger window grasping for me, with awe and concern on your face. Your…

Ant Trap

Do you remember that time we were picking blackberries by the side of the road and you said you would still try to save her if you had the chance, even knowing that she was half-crazy, and one quarter mean, because she was oh-so tragic…

a few questions

to do it over, to begin again, i have to say that i would need a lot more information. i would want to know if you felt loved by your parents. if you voted for bill clinton, both times. if you made a mistake would…

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