Company
He and his father had the same name, so it wasn’t really necessary for him to cross out the name on the luggage tag and re-write his own, but still, he felt as if he should. He was searching through his briefcase for a pen, so he didn’t notice the little girl standing next to […]
A Suggestion
We can only imagine that the child went softly, aaaaaaafound some comfort in those flowers he is gripping, hardened now to fossils, while his fingers are dust. If there is something to add, supply it here, for even beneath the earth, one day there will be nothing left to hold onto. &nb
To Chelsea
Clinton. If the name stings, will you wear the veil while tending the bees? When the dynasty burns, will you carry the water jug or the torch? Did you envy the man with the face tattoo? Avoid strangers who claimed they knew you? I do. It’s only a story, says Chelsea. Today it’s me, tomorrow [&he
Zoos
In Memoriam R. S. Thomas I tell Genevieve Cooper about the world every Tuesday at three. She lives at the top of a hill outside of town and everyone assumes that she has some nurse up there who helps her out, but that isn’t true. She’s lived there since her husband died when she was […]
