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I’m done with contentment 7 Jul 2013 | 10:53 am
I’m done with contentment and its placid face I want what spills out of your eyes when your dad takes you into the cold ocean waves I want the shrieking the bang of my heart I want the crush of...
The boy who dances with bees 6 Jul 2013 | 09:46 am
He cups the bee with his hands and we all say be careful out of some habit of the tongue as though he doesn’t know that bees carry swords but his sister just says the bee won’t hurt him becau...
Death before waffles 5 Jul 2013 | 10:50 am
You have no risky behaviour except your gluttony for berries which you hoard at potlucks and grab from bushes by the fistful which is why I sat you down and made my face look very firm as I expl...
Contortionist 3 Jul 2013 | 11:09 am
We walk back to the cabin my husband carries him our bodies smell of ocean our pace is slow we don’t have to confer we both know we are trying to hypnotize him trying to coax the sweet releas...
Summer’s first heat wave 1 Jul 2013 | 11:03 pm
The heat arrives like an anvil the ferns slump my ankles ripen with their own heartbeats and even the mud looks thirsty we crouch on the edge of the deck watching two butterflies their powdery ...
For God’s sake 27 Jun 2013 | 09:51 am
We are playing on your bed and you turn to me with a big smile and say let’s play Jack and Jill for God’s sake and I know right away where you learned it because I can imagine her voice half-la...
The hippo and the rose 26 Jun 2013 | 09:42 am
A pick-up truck muddy and rusted out at the back the driver rolls down his window at the red light I think he is reaching out to flick a cigarette but he picks a rose from a bush growing on the...
Maybe it’s not presence but absence that we need 25 Jun 2013 | 03:58 am
Traffic was light and I arrive at the yoga studio earlier than expected the island of time lands on my chest like a child that wants to play insistent joyful making it hard for me to breathe ...
City girl 24 Jun 2013 | 10:02 am
She wonders what it will be like this summer no streetlights no errands to cross off the list will the days dog pile on top each other a lump sum of sun and sleep will she get the call a meeti...
The upside of divorce 23 Jun 2013 | 03:31 am
I heard them talking two women bent over their lunch like pigeons picking at a paper bag we’re getting a divorce she says this with fatigue the bone-dry finish line of emotion her friend wipes ...
