When Fred Schneider turned sixty, he wanted to mark the occasion. A tall, thin man with reddish blond hair, he describes the feeling as a…
This article has a long, varied history. It began life as an e-mail to a friend. Then, at his suggestion, I posted it to RMIC….
How sometimes, we are tied down by the Normal; we don’t want to realize all of our dreams. Here she was, compromising all her dreams…
It was a late September evening when the sun came out after a 2 hour long shower. Cold water running through the streets drench my…
Another loveless year is past. I am growing old now. Twenty six, at some impressionable age long ago seemed way too old for anymore fun…
The phone rang. Papa was in his usual place in front of the telly, watching Call My Bluff, and muttering why Mummy wasn’t home yet….
Umbrellas and pity passed me by
as water from heaven
fell onto pop cans and whiskey bottles
thrown on the grass and sidewalk.
When the cascade was revealed
its babble was replaced by
the allegations of cotinga birds
and the pleas of tamarin monkeys.
Sandalwood statue,
you’ve fed yourself to River
Karnali; currents
gnawed everything you are not.
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