Rising, late in the day, the hours so strange these days, it’s time to take off the coat of sleep … More
Category: death
Including Plagiarized Passages on Sections of Skin
to the reticular dermisshow a cystic cavitylined by attenuated squamous epithelium.A prominent granular layer is presentwith overlying compact, lamellated corneocytes.The … More
One Last Act of Love
For the sake of this loved onewe know it must be done,all we singlular fossils of the future,all of us … More
Excavation
Digging up a spade of rocky soil in that old ground took exertion enough for three or four of a … More
On Earth We Come and Go
Like a dog in years, a wet cold perfectly upholstered nose, long body sleek curled up here before the fire, … More
A Meditation
Being alive always struck me as a kind of double-edged sword.To be afraid of the unknown, I suppose, is natural.I … More
The Power of Prayer
She’d noticed that he spent more and more time reading the obituaries. Not that more people were dying, although Covid had … More
On the Way
We’d become friends back in elementary school,she and I waiting for our dads to pick us up,we’d sit on the … More
The Mango Tree
I was trimming the mango tree that afternoon, a long time ago now. My soul is sick without you, and … More
Remembering Jeff
What I remember of him was he never seemed to take things too seriously, the spin of him, how he … More
Peace
I stood by until after the crew had filled in the hole, a fresh mound of earth rounded over them. … More
For Us
In the wake of illness striking millions by surprise those affected by it personally or through kinship ties, how they … More
Too Few Loves
Together again for the first time, every time, he brushed her cheek, she caressed his side, two souls seeing everything … More
Time
To say that you have nothing but time is an exercise in self-delusion. They tied a rag around his face … More
Black Falling Rain
The white smoke winding cloth about her face, pale cerement, raised off-handed, another Pall Mall cigarette lit, red pack, another … More
Watch
Did we miss each other?If my watch could talk, hah!, it would saywhat? 12:05, 06. If I had a watch … More
Three, Two, One
He jumps in his car and drives,from the Oakland docks, remember?and drives fastO, Death, Ralph Stanley,running round on a loop, … More
The Bibliophile (100 words)
“I love books,” he says, standing next to one of the massive shelving units in his study, his shoulders rounded … More
Compassionate Care
Life had not gone the way he’d hoped since his retirement from teaching. Instead of traveling the world, renovating his … More
Waiting
He thought, They’re waiting for me right now. In days gone by he used to believe this, but it was … More
Lanning Lee 