
Under A Quarter
I waited until the gage was under a quarter tank before I stopped to fill up – dust partially covering the “E” – and I watched the numbers rise until full. Stale coffee and past- sale date …
I waited until the gage was under a quarter tank before I stopped to fill up – dust partially covering the “E” – and I watched the numbers rise until full. Stale coffee and past- sale date …
The familiar green bus hissed and puffed its way over to the stop where I had been waiting for the last half hour in the warm morning rain. My clothes, conform to my …
Combines and tractors kick up chaff, dust, headlights ragged streaks across half shorn fields. The twilight smells of sweet grain, dry air. A two lane highway curves through small farm towns …
Under the vast oak she croons to three other crones clustered in shade whose edge creeps close each time they settle in their lawn chairs. From this chosen remove they treasure end-of-summer …
The water in the Gulf of Maine is deep blue cold coming in One lighthouse blinks at another from across the sound Small white needles of fishing boats split the surface leaving a …