the same ones who swim the Niagara River just above the falls? hike in the Mojave without water? bungee jump without measuring the drop?...

even before I reach it that Billy club on the podium takes a swing at me “with a wimpy voice like yours no one will care what you say or...

when I was young   the self I met became mean    put me down made fun of me   said I was worthless he turned into a penknife I lived...

Gracie exits through a back door while I wait in the vet’s exam room on a 2-person bench against one of four white walls sitting on...

doesn’t each wakeup feel like a cold naked birth as you stumble like a child putting your pants or socks on start to wake up by breakfast...

when do crickets sleep? certainly not when I do how to get even

a child arrives at the park sprints to the playground swings and slides and climbs an old man takes his time finds a south-facing bench...

writing about your world at a young age can show you things a mirror can’t putting confusion into words helps make sense of things inside...