Yearly Archives: 2008

Party

He shakes his silvered head like an old stallion comprehending little but oats and sugar cubes. Gaiety surges around tables: white water roaring past giant solitary boulders. Servers bring salads, cheeses lasagnas, chicken, roast boar— tastebuds decline, overwhelmed. A tango … Continue reading

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keyhole

somebody must have found the little album of snaps one print per page photos taken that summer so long ago flip through past pixillated sun-stained scenes from an afternoon so slender he so young she that beard before they before … Continue reading

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night landing

landing in a sleepy field like Saint-Exupery goggles pushed up off glassy eyes the parents, the baby all straining to see our faces in the landing lights of the carpeted entryway we wrap our robes about us accept hugs kisses … Continue reading

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