Monthly Archives: March 2008

test drive

This body that I inhabit seems to delight in experimenting to discover just how much pain I can stand As if shingles and impacted wisdom tooth removal and constant sciatica and headaches and nerve pinches and that pressure bandage on … Continue reading

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instant

Would you rather watch an apple or bite into it? discover a diamond or wear it? learn a new word or use it? buy a book or read it? write a book or sell it? twist a heart or have … Continue reading

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Recognition

At the start of each semester my classroom would fill with faces full of suspicion, anticipation and the old favourite, boredom; but I would be going through the old game of seeing dopplegangers— shades from the past, who, separated from … Continue reading

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