At noon I’m on my way to the ER. The scrape on my forearm keeps bleeding. Plavex! Blood thinner. I’m a heart patient. After waiting for two hours, a nurse takes me through a glass wall’s locked door into an inner sanctum, partly visible from the main waiting room....
December 2022 Writing
Rabbit, Rabbit
Rabbit, Rabbit It just appeared one day, Mother’s German bible with the stark white cover and scrolled lettering that made no sense. It was never opened, just sat on an end table like a gleaming headstone, the nicest item, by far, in our trailer. Sis said,...
Mustache Remembrance and Clay and Silver
These are two short unrelated pieces. Mustache Remembrance (There is No Humor) The way he picked at his mustache. Long index nail. The way he tickled her toes with his. The way he opened doors for her. Now closed. The way he loved her, the way he missed...
He wants me dead
‘Koel called twice. No message.’ ‘He’s not to be trusted and none of your other kids will have anything to do with him.’ ‘I never answer him. I just wish he wouldn’t call. I don’t want to even think about him. He just wants this place.’ ‘Some...
Easy If We Try
The problem with democracy is demo means business and mockracy is illegal. Sure it’s easy to spit through a needle’s eye or say you’ll do one thing and then do the other but I’ve been baking half-cocked for decades, would you like to taste a morsel, I’m serious. Put...
December Writing Goes Here!
Happy December Writing, Everyone! Read the amazing work here!
Waiting in the ER
At noon I’m on my way to the ER. The scrape on my forearm keeps bleeding. Plavex! Blood thinner. I’m a heart patient. After waiting for two hours, a nurse takes me through a glass wall’s locked door into an inner sanctum, partly visible from the main waiting room....
Rabbit, Rabbit
Rabbit, Rabbit It just appeared one day, Mother’s German bible with the stark white cover and scrolled lettering that made no sense. It was never opened, just sat on an end table like a gleaming headstone, the nicest item, by far, in our trailer. Sis said,...
Mustache Remembrance and Clay and Silver
These are two short unrelated pieces. Mustache Remembrance (There is No Humor) The way he picked at his mustache. Long index nail. The way he tickled her toes with his. The way he opened doors for her. Now closed. The way he loved her, the way he missed...
He wants me dead
‘Koel called twice. No message.’ ‘He’s not to be trusted and none of your other kids will have anything to do with him.’ ‘I never answer him. I just wish he wouldn’t call. I don’t want to even think about him. He just wants this place.’ ‘Some...
Easy If We Try
The problem with democracy is demo means business and mockracy is illegal. Sure it’s easy to spit through a needle’s eye or say you’ll do one thing and then do the other but I’ve been baking half-cocked for decades, would you like to taste a morsel, I’m serious. Put...
December Writing Goes Here!
Happy December Writing, Everyone! Read the amazing work here!