For who knew what bright reason, most airlines scheduled flights to arrive during roughly the same time periods. There were…
Chapter 5: The Envelopes in My Hand
Everything under the sun and the moon seemed to be keeping me up tonight. When I was putting together a…
Chapter 4: Stirred, but not Shaken
The Blue Light Bar and Grill, owned by Rick Yamanaha, had become an H.P.D. hangout when the police station stood…
Chapter 3: Not Right Now
When she came through the entrance to Zippy’s, the expression on her face told me that something had changed. Why…
Daily Affirmations
Daily Affirmations Mantra (May be chanted aloud or recited silently) Take a deep breath and exhale slowly Begin All weeds…
Down the darkened hall I see
a distant little door before whichyour message sits, like you, I wonder,waiting. The journey from herewill take an hour, from there…
The Accident of Age
We haunt yesterday’s bonfiresCozy after days of swimmingAnd miles of nature walksLearned every plant and treeWe’d seen for a million…
A Favor
The intercom buzzed, taking his mind off the view of Honolulu Harbor. “Governor, it’s Sir George Masterson on the phone…
An Old Friend
Because it was my body, I went in to watch it being cut up. We’d found him on the side…
The End of It All
Jacob Sugai sat glassy-eyed, his cold hands folded and resting on the deep green desk blotter. He’d been first into…
Killing with Kind Words
Miss Lucy Pineda died two weeks ago. She was always Miss Lucy. Yesterday, there was a big neighborhood barbecue at…
The Time of Hearts
It all changes slowly, the way we’re perceivedAs we do become more than we first meant I hear now before I…
Coming
The kind of laughterWe laughedWhen we were 21Drunk at 2:00 a.m.The loud kindOf who cares at that ageConfident and easyBouncing…
The Toll of Travel
Near the trip end, a so long vacation of viewingtossed pasts like old glass broken to the bottomin blunted glitter…
For a Little While
Each would fill eachTo brimming can as mayBut the momentComes, soon lost fingersThat slide betweenIndex and thumbA brief wax scentBreathless…
Love’s Progress
You spot her on the busAnd from this chance sightingYou imagine the torment begins Initially, the symptoms are mildDo not…
Nobody’s Business
These words came to me in an odd way. I have been to Baltimore, to attend a conference on disability…
You Make Me Ill
Cindy and Jerry came to dinner last night, and it was awful. First off, Nani, my wife invited them behind…
Unlikeness
Pick up the white sheetA song composed upon itHold it up to eye levelThe paper’s edge facing youA threat to…
Vienna Waits
The bones of ancestorsPeace and good willWatch against darknessWarn against strifeWish enlightenmentWhen inquiry yields its wayAll mysteries recedeA greater distance…
Lanning Lee 