Feel sorry for her? That’s a good way to ruin a teenager’s weekend.This is not the way, say, for an … More
Tag: #Memory
Some Legend
A revered professor. From our days of college pressures and living free, before the world you know tries its level … More
Hope
Memorization came easily for her, and at her first awarenessof this, she assumed everyone had been born equally able.As she … More
The Boy Who Stayed
My strongest wish – I’ve never thought so hard about it –this first day of the New Year, 2023, the … More
It’s possible I forgot to get married today
The text messages and the voice mails piled up.Are still coming.These guys stay open late.If it were letters, my mailbox … More
I’m No Astronomer
I’m No Astronomer I don’t know if this is scientifically accurate,but the whole thing bugs me along these lines.Today I … More
Not Everything Is Broken
If I were Bob Dylan, I could tell you everything that’s broken.If you know that song, you know his list is … More
What Is Your Favorite Color?
I often remember who I am, and I recall past events,both recent and distant, with a fair degree of accuracy.If … More
The Last Time
Mr. Fujimoto wheeled his gray trash bin to the curb and dropped it at the edge. Pausing, he looked down … More
Never Fear
I’m at the age where nostalgia’s candleburns bright.The yearning for something from the pastcan beunbearable at times,the bursting chest and … More
I Am Leaving, I Am Leaving
When he awoke, he saw that someone had stolen his pants.He knew that someone would come during the nightto break … More
Lost
I’m hunting once more, roaming the mysterious interior,farther and farther into the forest of memory, the thicket of heart,traipsing around … More
Too Far Gone
I could not go with you lost on that trail you and me crocuses and cacti fields of yellow daffodils … More
The Stuff of Dreams
The first time I traveled there, a lengthy journeyall the way from Hawai‘i, I was alreadyan old man, had long … More
The Holy One
Hey! What are you looking at? Are you looking at me? Well, it sure seems like it. Not that I’m the only one here, … More