She“Die and be the grass and I will forgive you,” she said. “Let the wind blow through your hair. Let any living thing lie down upon you, and…Jun 18Jun 18
AfterAfter poisoning the entire colony of sugar ants, you find a solitary ant foraging in your shower. What to do? Do you wait for her to find…Jun 17Jun 17
YouYou don’t believe in the afterlife. But you put a lovely old birdbath in your backyard. You smile at ghosts too. After you are gone, I…Jun 12Jun 12
Just NowJust now a jet’s rumble in the shopping mall of the sky. The birds were talking. They stopped, then resumed. A new mailman is walking the…Jun 12Jun 12
CouldI could think and talk suddenly, and put clothing on myself. I was not like the other animals towards which I had always crawled in…Jun 12Jun 12
Wake UpEvery morning the birds announce their separateness. The grass is wet. It is almost perfect. I fail to make it simpler. I fail.Jun 11Jun 11
MergeSomething is being someone down under the clover. Touching the clover’s head, quaffing night’s moisture from it. Night’s moisture is…Jun 11Jun 11
BridgeWhen their child jumped off the bridge, they knew each other one way. Now they know each other another. The cameras show her entering the…Jun 11Jun 11
Revenant CityThey wear the human clothing of time again. I think most planned on being sensibly dead,Mar 291Mar 291
Anatomy of a Fall: My Terrible Ending (Spoiler Alert)I get it. It was only a few minutes into this Oscar nominee for Best Picture that I said aloud, “We are never going to be given the answer…Mar 24Mar 24