Category Archives: political asides

bling

Candles gutter on greasy desk clutter of intentions quill pots and ink stacks and scrolls vermillion stick hot seal drips onto parchment edge his fist descends gold ring imprints his image another decree rings forth upon the land While he … Continue reading

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barking

1970 Christmas Eve near the Rio Grande in our trailer in the orange grove firecrackers dogs and roosters repeat the bang bark cockadoodle sporadically all night We miss the hush of snow much as kids miss daddies tokin’ it up … Continue reading

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at the arts centre

so different from the garbage dump with its soft sweet dust and decay so unlike the sleepers of the underpass we all stand in line for the doors to open for the play to start rustling our programs changing our … Continue reading

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