loneliness and happiness have a common theme   both shout for company   one could be a friend serving a cup of hot tea   the other can be...

a tree’s leaf takes your breath blows out oxygen for your next gulp of air   perfect cooperation   yet once when I was young I’d climbed...

at the kitchen sink, I look out a sunny window to the street, take a slow searching drink   shuffle to the sofa, remove socks and...