All Those Miles

Taking hits between rehearsing scenes of Oliver!Smoking all the time during dances and concertsDriving home smashed Saturday nights from Wai‘alae Drive-InDrunk … More

A Hallmark Moment

My friend calls to tell me a co-worker,rushed to Queen’s Hospital the night before,had undergone an emergency quadruple-bypass. The others … More

Stay Away

I recall the manapua,my favorite steamed char siu buns,half-moons and pork hash.The box half full or half empty? When that … More

The Clock on the Wall

Exactly a year from now, I wonder ifI’ll be sitting at my computer writing something?I believe I foresee a good … More

I Had a Dream

This morning I had an enormous idea.I’m talking it was spectacular, my friends. I woke up from a dream where … More

Like Wow

Holy moly, how this warrior keeps waltzing out of hell;It would be a drag, I suppose, if he lost a … More

Introspection Dialogue

You look at me as if what you seeshould make you mean something moreto you than what you are. I … More

Soundproof

For the first two years in Madison, I live in Susan Bradford Hall. It’s on Greek Row. Once a dorm … More

Fever

When you see your shadowfollowing you around, youmay imagine someoneworking for the FBI, CIA,or any of those surveillanceagencies has been … More

Gaze

I squint, and even though I oddly see you tiny and distorted through the peephole, I can make out her … More

Social Interaction

Returning, your tongue must be hung on a coat hook, your language each evening left skewered at the door, as … More

The Basement

The trip down is always tricky in the dark.  Have you ever had something to do, some minor task, that you … More

Flight

It’s funny, I thought – on the non-stop to New York,staring out at the little pockets of light spread againstthe … More

A Quick Trip Home

My dad used to have them outside his den. I remember sneaking down there in the dead of night to … More

Solitaire

Two months since I left Wisconsin, packed up and moved home to Hawai‘i. The phone rings, and it’s her. I … More

The Right Question

So I was walking right behind this guy, following him into Longs. Bam. He went directly to the nearest cashier, … More

The House of Missing Keys, Part 16

Here’s my rough draft for today, Monday 05.30.22. The House of Missing Keys, Part 16. Chan watched Mrs. Souza cry … More

Only Ifs

Only Ifs One moment I’m lying on the ground staring at the sky,writhing in pain because I’ve broken my ankle, … More

Getting To Know You

We held a first party yesterday, those of us who could finally attend.After all this time being apart so much, … More

The House of Missing Keys, Part 9.

Before they knocked on Glenn Makia’s door, Chan and Yamamoto walked out on the pier. The boat was a double-masted … More