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WITH THE HELP OF A SECRET 22 Aug 2013 | 01:31 am
i decide to become someone else. i make her a girl like me. i begin by imagining that i am her. when i see something, it is how she sees something: a famous mess. or how she describes it, i make it mo...
A TREASURY 19 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
the air in autumn, wild. the birds wandering from tree to tree. i gather the leaves and scatter them in the ravine. it all goes into the ravine. the slant is deep, and i have not ventured far. the dar...
THE SMALL LOOP BEGINNING 15 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
in absence, the sun settles on the windowsill and stays a season. the print fades, muted by its proximity to the edge. cicadas shed from the trees. i lift a stone and seal a tomb on a hornet’s nest in...
IF SLANT IS TROUBLESOME 8 Aug 2013 | 01:12 am
this sea of hazard. my attention is directed to the movements of clouds overhead. also, the substance–softer than silk. not forgetting or neglecting to inhale. these days spent in study, in solitude t...
SPRINGWOOD 20 Jul 2013 | 08:25 am
she begins by applying the correct movement. a smudge of purple on her palm, expanding to a fade. at first and at last. she ought to have declared herself. by her efforts, she makes an image. this is ...
ORRYN 1 May 2013 | 01:15 am
he is already moving. out and out the sun. following a stripe, his head held a hello. hello. birds, fly home she says, first. and did they? they did fly. standing near the redbud tree. borrowing a bea...
FIGURE ONE 12 Apr 2013 | 01:41 am
the house has been carefully attended to. now that spring has loaded the trees in green. the purple bluster of magnolia, lighting every branch. this is the fifth time she has opened the door, today. f...
RESEARCH NOTES 9 Apr 2013 | 10:33 pm
lately i have been worried about where to start. i struggle with locating a place, a moment to begin–unsure of which entry, which thread to take. finding a conduit for these days–a method of shaping m...
BLANC DE CHINE 2 Apr 2013 | 07:31 pm
in the morning i say, good morning. i see that is good. the room is bathed. a white-washed wall. a cold that has settled over the house in the night, a chill engulfed. i hold to my own breath. i swall...
SPRING BREWING 21 Mar 2013 | 11:43 pm
i need to move this room. everything has got to go. i already have the boxes. the boxes i have been accumulating in the hall. the boxes that bare the way from entry. the empty boxes that sit, unfulfil...
