How have I escaped death this summer While I’ve been delighting in clear blue skies and purple wildflowers and crispy cold lakes And the taste of amber beer and 11o’clock pizzas and the look of short shorts… You’ve been walking along lantern-lit streets And talking amongst cafe goers Who speak of death and their attempts … More Walking different directions around a clock
The modern Hercules wears his golden mane like a cloak Etched with twelve adventures Twelve Labours under the Sun. He is not sure what the Future holds beyond these. The modern Heracles does not go by this name, In his lion’s mane nest chickadees; In his bronze palms he cups butterflies, And from his soles spring … More The modern Hercules
There are things much worse than what I have. Cancer, microcephaly, birth defects, limb amputation. I have unexplained chronic sprains and pain in my four connecting points, my ankles and wrists. I call them connecting points because they are really what connects one to the world around them — feet on the earth, hands to … More Divorcing Ms. Obe Dient
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