Before Fluoride

There’s something quirky about his eyesThey vibrate electric, left right left rightTwo butterflies trapped like ratsIn almond-round drains that swirl … More

The Sounds of Seniors

Listen to your body, they said to me back thenSage advice for a young man with keen hearingSo I listened, … More

I guess I must have known some of them

Photos of kids in the bathtub with othersCan make you reflect on your childhood and shudderHow could parents think this … More

Until Then

When I do something now that I did 40 years agoWith the same ease as back then, I’m sometimes amazed … More

Hum

I pass my hands over you in rhythmFigure 8s I gently rock to summon energyInfuse you with the lifeWhile outside … More

A Guide

Frustratingly, however, I could see the big cat lurking above me every time I tried to turn back upward.  What this … More

What Counts

Do you know what’s easy to count? he thought. The number of people whose deaths were Covid-related.  Well, plus a few … More

Where I Can’t Smile

The therapeutic child asks meWhat it is that turns us backThis pharma baby lecturing on progressQuestions my lack of forward … More

Largo

The slow spreadingThis body built by usPaunchy some and doughyRounds of beer and wineAnd sugar roses of no uglinessFrench food … More

Hardly Living

To be in peak health and die in your sleep, unaware of a painless passing, this is the way I … More

It’s Late

Back in the day, when he figured he’d never be one of the victims, he’d duck into Safeway, 7-Eleven, or … More

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

I Don’t Ask

You cover the hole in your throat with your finger to tell me the story, the odd scratchy vibrato striking … More