Tag Archives: parents and children

a little carpentry

My sons came home to help my arthritic shoulders raise high the roof (read: install a new ceiling in the upstairs bathroom). The old ceiling has been flaky: paint and plaster falling like errant snow. The word “help” is relative: … Continue reading

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mirror

there are no mirrors in this house the walls are blank and so her spouse her eyes reflect like molten spheres her dark neglect her sudden fears laid out in sets like coal black tears to come as is her … Continue reading

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Ghost

Sister’s voice on the phone jars me from my lethargy write to him years are never kind to ancient tumors barely sentient in abandoned tombs The construct that encased him was not of his own making he inherited it from … Continue reading

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