Selected unpublished and published pieces that appeared in The Sun and in a forthcoming book, Come Live Alone With Me.
The Renunciate Her idea of a good time was us alone in a small room with a desk and a common book of prayer. Her idea of a good breakfast was oatmeal and sliced peaches, a sprinkle of sesame seeds….
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Putting Baby to Bed Half-displaced, half lost, stumbling into the kitchen to brew coffee, eight o’clock, sleep reading the news on line, sleep driving the van to work, I’m practicing my new life without a body. The one I have…
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Power Lines Now when we look at the mountain, The gouge is almost all we see — what’s amiss, what’s gone wrong, like a beer can in a trout fresh stream, the crooked tooth in a smile, ears a mite…
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A Yearning All the rooms in her head made me jealous and sad. “It’s me or them,” I said. “You’ve got to choose.” We got married instead, made up our own vows. I promised to stop saying “I love you”…
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Clairvoyant Before I am Jim I am some kind of criminal, Nancy says, dropping down into her trance. I’m supposed to take notes. A man is flying to Vegas and out of the blue his head is thrust back against…
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