I am praying hard right now. I am ringing the bell and lighting incense in every room. You know who you are, – the ones who need it most… I spin my head in circles as I chant, “sssue… sssue… sssue…” I ring the bell 100 times. I am in deep mourning. This has struck… Continue reading Sue, Sweet Sue
Wing Wing
A large bearded man with a Cockatoo – former Sea Captain? Yellow comb, pink under wings The bird speaks as he hops from foot to foot, “Wing Wing – kiss kiss kiss… Come here! Come here! – kiss kiss kiss… Wing Wing” The bird nuzzles up against the Captain’s chest. So cute, so precious… “This… Continue reading Wing Wing
Haircut
She hated them! Hated Them! They didn’t have names like Mom or Dad. She just hated them for everything. His drunken meanness, her inability to protect the children from his outfall. They cut her hair – her long thick straight honey blond hair. He was drunk and laughing. He called her outside with the scissors… Continue reading Haircut
Earth Day
Mrs. Shorts was a fabulous teacher. She created integrated units for her third and fourth graders that included art, music, history, and literature. Everything about her class room was perfection. The bulletin boards were covered in no fade paper. There were house plants hanging in front of the bank of windows on one side and… Continue reading Earth Day
I Surrender
Delving further into the cave… darker and darker, so dark, so quiet… with only the faint trickle of water coming from someplace within the cracks and crags. The soft moan of the Earth as it moves and revolves through space. It is alive and so it changes. Violent eruptions, storms of heat and wind, churning… Continue reading I Surrender