Yearly Archives: 2007

cobblestones

Some servant of the Medici ran down this narrow street into this same stony silence: our sandals slap the cobbles, echo off these ochre walls as easy rhythms of another time. In shade, these cool stones still keep the morning’s … Continue reading

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swabbing the deck

Behind his house in his garden, no matter which winds prevailed, he was the hearty yardman who readied his vessel for sails. For there in his yard was an ocean so green that his vessel traversed; so steady it seemed … Continue reading

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bat attack

After the all-clear was sounded and we opened the doors, and stumbled blinking out of our bunkers, after we feted the hero who plucked the darting villain out of the air with a snapped hand towel, we sighted another miscreant … Continue reading

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