You’ve begun to shut down. Spend more time alone. Converse with your cat for relief, When the mere sight of a human, Makes you retreat
Read More(for my granddaughter Athena) I’m drawn first to the fingers, for their craftsmanship and eloquence, for their exquisite reproduction of the ones now gently holding
Read Morefor herself He watches her face as she writes out hope. After that first kiss, he broke her heart once. No more. How many
Read MoreAs a writer, I often base my stories on the people I know. But especially the people I loved. I create characters that represent them,
Read MoreI understand nothing will be normal again, because normalcy—most of it, has left me. The genesis of me is gone. In its place, another one,
Read MoreShe’d only seen his whole face in old photos. So when he greeted her on a random Tuesday afternoon, clean-shaven, two decades into marriage, and
Read MoreSunny days that hurt instead of heal. Your t-shirt on my desk, unsure if it wants to be kept or thrown away, foolishly mailed a
Read MoreWith you, life is quite mundane—just the way I like it. Each morning greets me with the rich aroma of dark-roast coffee wafting from the
Read MoreI would have loved you after any death. Your face became victim to turbulence, a violence so tangible that everyone wept in their way of
Read MoreWe are insipid lovers Your breaths draw curtains While I trace the linen imprint of your cheek Dawn blush and shiver Stars hiss and
Read MoreI have a story for you, of a young girl who was sad, I said. Did you know her? you asked.
Read Moreat 8pm my wife takes my son to bed she changes his diapers, puts his pajamas on, then calls out to me “Goodnight, Daddy!” “Here
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