As Borrowed as Time

It’s as grim as it gets right now tonight when all you want to do is buy beer kick back … More

A Snail’s Pace

Contemplate the snail, any kind of snail.More than 40,000 snail species slowly roam the earth,all peacefully paced, wending their way … More

One of a Kind

A friend, a school band director, professional drummer, jazz fanatic, and high-end audiophile,reports he’s just back from a west coast … More

I Am a Roll

I am but a lowly butter roll, sitting in this tawdry woven basket, on this threadbare pink linen napkin amid … More

The Hours

The first time I read Mrs. Dalloway I was quite young, 21 maybe. And I was struck by her age, 51, and … More

Short Short Stories

1. Death Wish Rendered unconscious by a fall in the bathtub, a president of Russia drowned. * * * 2. … More

The Bibliophile

From the time he began college, he kept every single book he bought for every course he took. His library … More

It Was a Dream

“It’s right there,” he said, pointing to the small break in the tree line, hard to tell from this far … More

Another Friend

Here’s my rough draft for today, Thursday 01.20.22 Another Friend He was a ball hog. You should have seen him … More

Walking That Way

Sadness sets in counting the steps, not looking up, not looking forward. Making your way there watching your feet move, … More

Committed to Memory

It is here now for a minute, that finger-drawn faceon the steamed glass is yours, ars brevis,fading as the warmth … More

Walking Through Downtown Honolulu

With her tousled white hair and shredded clothes, the elderly Japanese woman appears to be someone living on the street. … More

On the Clock

I always think it’s a dream, you know, that whole today is ending now,the clock ticking me up to midnight … More

The Bigger Picture

Each year of my life, from the very first timeI was conscious of believing it might be this way,I was … More

This is an ex-poem

This used to be a poem, but now it’s not. I tried to make it pretty, but it didn’t turn … More

The Remnant Hours

Rising, late in the day, the hours so strange these days, it’s time to take off the coat of sleep … 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

One Last Act of Love

For the sake of this loved onewe know it must be done,all we singlular fossils of the future,all of us … More

Excavation

Digging up a spade of rocky soil in that old ground took exertion enough for three or four of a … More

On Earth We Come and Go

Like a dog in years, a wet cold perfectly upholstered nose, long body sleek curled up here before the fire, … More