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Category Archives: Short Stories and Poems
The Man in the Red Car
For m ROSE I was seven months pregnant — we were heading into town for my monthly doctor’s visit — when we first saw the man in the red car. It was on the Harpole Road, near the lone twisted … Continue reading →
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The Dare
Frank and Ellen met when both were on the rebound. Ellen didn’t want to be involved with anyone for a while and told Frank so, right away, even though they’d just met. It was a heady way to start out, … Continue reading →
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Second Glance No. 5
For G “…But the Kabbalah also knows of a more esoteric possibility…, no doubt heretical, that there shall come a day when…[w]ords will rebel against man. They will shake off the servitude of meaning…’become themselves, and dead as stones in … Continue reading →
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Still-life
For G The orange looks like moonscape under the magnifying glass, a grainy pitted sphere. Maybe once, in another incarnation, smooth as glass like ice before skaters. Now, pierced and re-pierced, the voodoo totem of a demented spirit. The color … Continue reading →
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The List
“Willis, you must turn out the light. You’re bothering James, and it’s hardly the first time. He’s complained before how you turn the light back on after curfew and keep him awake. It’s unacceptable for you to disturb another resident.” … Continue reading →
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Tagged addiction, friendship, human interactions, human relationships, mental illness, mental institution, OCD, power of words
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At the Insectary
At Lykovrissi At the insectary Acrid smell of yeast rises Three floors up Making air strong enough To lean on Outside, olive trees corralled by powerlines Hunker down midst concrete jailers Passive blocks of marble Await the sawyer’s pleasure Punishing … Continue reading →
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Pueo [Owl]
As she drove home that night pueo swept across the road Heading in her direction and As she neared home there pueo was again, on a fence post She stopped the car and they regarded one another and then Pueo … Continue reading →
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What Happened to the Cat
To Pearl She goes to the lava to sit She waits The Earth comes up through the Holes in the bottom of her body. She sees the cat slip out of the pool First one soft furry black leg, then … Continue reading →
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Tagged companion animals, death, grieving
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Memories of a Future Life
I There was a feel to rare fall days when Shadowform lay claim to the valley Drawing it in and holding like a lover You looked for signs of lone crows flying For moss scattered like tea leaves in a … Continue reading →
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August Evening
Goats wearing neckties Munch asters as the Sun goes down behind Someone else’s horizon The new apple orchard, the Blueberries, the corn, are being watered by An uncommon kindness Gathered around the fire that Barbecued rabbit We tell stories as … Continue reading →
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