Love’s Not

Some primal urge to break abandoned factory windows with stones in passing,or to break a companion’s heart with hard words … More

Remarkable

Her hand grips mine for the first timeand the dream becomes real. I bet she says, I’m the one you’ll … More

To Autumn

Love might break in at Indian Summer,a mid-autumn drying then, and quick,remember Madison on fire,the multi-bright colored leaves,votive candles, how … More

Theme

So to forget about last night’s dream,a mass forgetting cannot happen too soon,you wake up and start the search again … More

what impressions were

a sound slight as breathstill the cold touch of lamplight on white snowthose thick linesa brow furrowedeyes of white hairthink your … More

your letters

these lettersyour hand writesyour handwriting is all curious curlicuesas if a right-handed calligrapherwrites them with his left footas if a … More

Beyond Pain

Someone I loved, I heard the other day,a woman I’d known in my Madison years,had battled Parkinson’s for ten long … More

B-Movie

Girl meets Boy.Boy is blind.Girl joins another Girl in bank robbery for money to finance corneal transplants.Girl is caught and … More

Glasses, November 24, 2021

We didn’t pass, I thought, when I was what, getting new glasses,so I didn’t see you, pretty sure, out the … More

All Our Summers Find One Winter’s End

The only photo I had was of you at that one picnic,blue, long-sleeved shirt, a turtle neck, and white slacks.Our … More

A Last Wave

Feel sorry for her? That’s a good way to ruin a teenager’s weekend.This is not the way, say, for an … More

Holy Night

It was madness to treat you like some character locked in a box, for all I knew, you suffering too … More

I’m Listening Still

“I don’t see it that way,” you say, and I begin the wonder why.We sit cross legged on the floor … More

A Sure Thing

He had a hot tip.  “I wish I could tell you, my love,” said Chad, simultaneously fixing his face in … More

Down and Out

I’m working on the daily Wordle, my obsession, when my phone vibrates. At first, I try to ignore it, deep … More

The Perfect Price

“Like magic!” That’s what she thought, opening the package to find it was exactly what she’d thought about buying at … More

Blue Elephant

I’m not into tattoos. The first thing I ask a woman who’s interested in taking a relationship further is if … More

Two Alike

It had been a while. She sat there like a little jewel, the sun sparkling on her back when he … More

Driving into Darkness

They drove all day. As the moon rose, under its glow, they could make out nothing but flat, empty land … More

Figuring

“I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some … More