Wet Wheels on Wet Rails The rain washes the streets, the cars, the people, everything. The rain collides with Earth at the treetops. The water collects and slides down the trunks of trees. The moss covered, water saturated ground has become resistant to more water. The water rolls down offContinue Reading

At the instant that she told me she’d been raped I kept quiet. Not only did I not know what to say, I did not know what to do. I sat quietly. I heard first the tobacco of her cigarette as she smoked it. I heard the rain falling onContinue Reading

If you haven’t worn a uniform while in the name of patriotism and been forced to point a weapon at another human being, well we don’t have much to talk about. You may thank me for my service, which infuriates me. I will not find much of value in anythingContinue Reading

Days, weeks, entire lifetimes slowly paced by my window. I was vaguely aware that the day light shifted. It was not the swift moving winter sun so low on the southern horizon, no. It was a gray second to none that is the gray of gray gradients that is theContinue Reading

Dead End The hospital’s maternity ward is at one end of the street. On the other end of the street the cemetery awaits us all. This street is not a through street. It’s a dead end street and the analogy is pretty stupid and not well-conceived. Along this short streetContinue Reading

Happy Vernal Equinox September 22, 2014. There is no secret to this: I have never liked the autumn. It has always meant the end of carefree days to me. It has meant the end to the summer jobs, the summer mode of life and the introduction of something much moreContinue Reading