Yearly Archives: 2007

Gordian knots

I am becoming the guy I used to dread standing behind at the supermarket cash the guy whose arthritic fingers and swollen brain couldn’t untangle the knots of coins in his little change pouch to fetch thirty-eight cents while trying … Continue reading

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parking lot

We spoke in the parking lot two couples he on he; she on she raw blue west wind reddened cheeks teared eyes October peered out of their clutched shopping bags dill stalks, gourds, apples we swapped stories of family joys … Continue reading

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Buying Bread

Brown paper bags not really brown not chocolate brown more like tan or sand hold their shape sometimes a smudge of oil darkens an oval fresh bags hold their shape but used old bags sag soften and bulge Warm crusty … Continue reading

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