Monthly Archives: March 2022
Vicious Vicious
How we bend and bow and scrape, trees in the wind,lashing limbsready to claw open the sky and let it bleed rainlet it run down, let it soak us in the numbing cold. How we furiously shriek when offended, when … Continue reading
Silversun
I thinkEmily knew some things, like how the winter light was different,sometimes. I thinkof her whenever I feel the silversun, brightcold,instead of softwarm. The harshness ofwinter’s glare somehow both dull and sharp, the unending greysky. She knewwhat it looked like; … Continue reading
Hiccups
Brevity is the soul of wit, and perhapsthat’s because it’s so much smarterto wait for more information before you open your own mouth. Foolish things tumble out before your tongue can catch them, put them back, unsay them before they’re … Continue reading
Incredible/Terrible
I am incredible at falling in love. I do it every day, in fits and starts, in great gasping leaps. I strain to reach aching depths of it, sing for it, laugh with it, delight in the trip and fall … Continue reading
A Story About Fishes, Another Part
When the sun was up and bread was hot enough to steam in the crisp air, Tiri took a loaf to the river, and sat on the bank while Hekka ran up and down it, barking at fallen leaves and … Continue reading