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You called me at work with a suggestion; let’s go to the beach. dinner. possibilities I waited for you at 6 pm on the stairs of the government building, Sansome and Sacramento, so excited to see you that my book … Continue reading
For Abdul-Rahman Kassig
I imagine there was peace nestled deep inside your fear or maybe it was the other way round or one eclipsing the other like the dark figures hovering above you, blotting out the blazing sky. Such sick, sadistic power they … Continue reading
This was a moment (don’t we all have them?)
I shiver at the memory. What I thought I was tangential to turns out was deeply embedded in the heart. How joyous is the discovery in that look; the face, softening in the most beautiful way, allowing the deepest longings … Continue reading
in memoriam: the emerald softness
The storytelling was exquisite, the truths immense, and the bullshit just fun. Smoke and mirrors I can navigate. I’m resourceful like that. But that doesn’t mean I’m desensitized to the awe on the other side.
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the rest
today a homeless man caught me crying on the town square and offered his hand to comfort me. that’s some serious grace right there a gift. and in the pause of holding hands with my companion right there the gift … Continue reading
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for jacqueline
jaqueline taught me how to become a dragonfly i didn’t imaginemy body could movelike that my lips and hands formgratitudemy private goddesss yogini oh asana, pranaelevate me, thensend me downto child’s pose a pause the waning moon dissolvesinto the shape … Continue reading
what is left to do with myself tonight? I’ve medicated myself with all the goodness, I have called upon gods, goddesses heroes and antiheroes, where are you? all entities are flawed. perfect imperfections. i could find solace in that, but…my … Continue reading
And All of a Sudden, Miracle Birds! (A Dream)
My daughters and I are sitting on the front steps of our bungalow house on Lincoln Street, but not that exact house in the slightly warped way of dreams. We are bathed in daylight. All of a sudden, a shadow … Continue reading
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unintentionally abandoned
A moment of carelessness, and I found myself withoutmy favorite sweaterleft behind in a Houston airport, me30,000 feet above midamerica helpless to retrieve her. At first I was cavalier about it,even giddy with the thoughtof finally replacing the well-worn softnesswith something new–an exciting prospectat first. … Continue reading
What Nirvana meant to me
yes, anyone who cares about nirvana knows the significance of this date. 20 years. jesus. i’ve read a lot of articles today…a lot of careless minutiae. including this blowhard: http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/feature/so-youve-decided-write-kurt-cobain-memorial-essay it’s easy to be too hip to care and to dismiss … Continue reading
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We're on the Road to No-Self 