Dumbing Down My Life
I’m awake this morning, but even as sun streams through the windows, I feel dead. Something is wrong with my brain and I don’t like it. There’s no traction to my thoughts. When I try to sit …
Mirror, Mirror
“What’s that?” My father and I were cleaning out my grandmother’s railroad apartment and had come near the end of the hallway with her chest of drawers. “Your grandmother’s bed sheets.” He …
Flight
You’re strapped in for the hour flight, when a young woman, all flush and out of breath, stops at your row, apologizes with her eyes for making you get up. You fumble with the seat belt, …
Tom Hurtz Travelouge Pt. 1
Tom Hurtz is a biker who thinks America is best experienced from the back of a motorcycle. The photos and commentary are from his 2017 journey through South Dakota’s Badlands. This is …
Invisible Heat
Invisible and unnoticed heat / grasps the narrow edge […]
Seven New Inventions
I am giving you the opportunity to publish this list of great new inventions that will revive the American economy […]
A Brief Moment
a brief moment / without any sounds […]
Cortisone
I got a shot of cortisone / Then ran into a courtesan […]
Heresy
the crisp blue December sky gleams above […]
Uncharted Territory
found myself / on the floor last night […]
Insomnia
it must be the rumination / of thunder in the western sky […]
King For A Day
I wasn’t going back to Bristol Issue, the paper mill. The bosses didn’t get it. […]
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