Yearly Archives: 2008

Ready

Naked except for a piece of tape over my wedding ring a becoming easy-access hospital gown in green pastel a fetching plastic hair cover a rough hospital sheet and my sense of humour I lounge outside the O.R. on the … Continue reading

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serious

standing among the other singers in the chorus ready to pour forth music back aching feet sore joints stinging he smiled with the joy of a gospel singer performing in the heavenly chorus because that’s how the chorus rings out … Continue reading

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small talk

Katishaw, fearless Abyssinian, uncoils: in one bound she is on the centipede —well, she is there: staring wide eyed at the rhythmic scurry away from her claws. If she were a traffic cop at a scene she would be demanding … Continue reading

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