I want to clank my fist against the armor they’re constructing inside me. Rattle the scaffolding just enough to let them know I know there are laborers hammering away at this shiny new space suit they’re building inside me I…
The 5 Books Meander, Week 25: Shemini
What just happened: This was a big one — the laws of kashrut (aka how to be kosher), including surprising news about bunnies and bats! Of possible note: The gestures, the rituals, the blood, the burning — I had never…
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Fingers slow tonight from extra age, blown into my hands. The wind’s extra fierce tonight. So I sat by the lid of the fire pit after we switched it off in the cold tonight, sat in the dark tonight and…
Welcome to Hospital
In Generic World you go to local Hospital, and they say: “Welcome to Hospital,” and you can feel that capital letter, like they extra-mean it. You have a problem with one of your organs, and they say: “Organ Problem!” And…
Cold warriors, we
He gave me back my hard drives today by the pond by the geese by the free-range 3-year-olds who don’t even know what “pandemic” means. By their moms who don’t trust the geese, don’t trust the two old(er) guys at…
Driving down 8th street after the rain
We’re out in the morning driving down 8th street after the rain looking for coffee in a favorite neighborhood trying to figure out if this store or that cafe made it through the night. I’m expecting to see palm fronds…
In praise of lousy words
Lousy words roll, start somewhere toward the back of his skull Marble out in his too full mouth toward his lips, from his lips spinning, spill out onto the floor. Lousy words make him slide fall sprain on the ice…