Grandpa Revisits the Modern Art Era
All winter, Grandpa seems frailer, like he’s entering a final phase. His living room’s cluttered, he hasn’t shaved, and we…
Caw
Mother says her voice is a visitor in the theater of her throat. The play must not be splendid, she…
Albatross
After twenty-five years and an hour of cash bar drinks, the ballroom-sized venue is stuffed with chatter and assessment. From…
Hunger
At the General Store, a cashier said, “No, we don’t sell food,” so we asked if she had candy or…
CLASSIFIED AD FOR A GHOST
I would like someone to haunt my house and simulate some of my deceased husband’s habits, so I can get…
Vicarious Transubstantiation
Ann and Andy have a small, quiet apartment. They live tucked into a nook in a towering building, which is filled…
A Matter of Survival
1. You are six, and your brother is four. The sun is so bright compared to the lush New Jersey…
romantic connecticut
there is no romantic connecticut the text says, but I don’t take this as rejection. I don’t blame autocorrect. I…
Tiny Little Goat
After you left, a goat took up residence in the left ventricle of my heart. I didn’t know about my…
Boy
Boy, on the night your mother brought you into this noisy, miserable world, at exactly 11:18 pm, on a rainy…
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