My Last Wife

It was gold and bigger than a bread box,my birthday gift topped with a red velvet bow,and I was amused … More

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She remembered that day, that one so long agoit seemed it was a dream, and that fond embraceso hard it … More

After her arm was broken, dizzy, she fell trying to call outweakly for anyone to help, then slipped into darkness.She’d … More

The text messages and the voice mails piled up.Are still coming.These guys stay open late.If it were letters, my mailbox … More

Trying to recall, I started counting when you said it,how many times you’d told me that before.“You should never do … More

Someone wake him before he dreams of her again.On the shore, two with pants legs, their cuffs rolled upto save … More

She asks me if I’ve taken out the trash yet,and because I haven’t, I don’t answer her. I continue watching … More

What is it you see out there? What do you hear? My woman standing at the window staring out into the … More

The dream was so horribly vivid that I thought I was awake and watching the news on TV. A friend … More

June, they say, is for weddings, and lovers often schedule their exchange of vows accordingly. Some couples may not know … More

That Sony radio’s cheap black leather strapjust barely tied the music to my wrist.So poorly made I feared it just … More

As agreed, I am waiting in the Self Help section of the bookstore.I read in a randomly selected book that … More

We sat opposite each other, each stirring coffee in thick white cups, trying to cool it off. “Cream,” I said. “Cream … More

Alice was down on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor when the doorbell rang. The kitchen floor always took a … More

Here’s my rough draft for today, Tuesday 01.25.22 The Music of Marriage A friend of mine whose husband collects recordslaments … More

My brain has always been a foggy swirl of what-ifs.Every day, really. Choices. Of great consequence or small.Do I ask her … More

We are walking the area called Blue Moundsjust outside of Madison, on a sunny summer day.It’s another picnic, she loves … More

I glance at the clock, and it’s 11:10, one minute shy of that best moment of our lives. On the … More

Maybe, he mused once, if it hadn’t been for marriage, he’d have ended up in prison. Once he met Beatrice, … More

Dr. Choo of the Zoology Department at Hawai‘i University has made it his life’s work to investigate sightings and stories … More