Writing
2026
Subtraction
“What is it?” I had just unwrapped a wedding gift sent by my cousin Barbara. A…
The Age of Disappearing
She sat at the corner table in a bar called The Last Honest Place, which was…
How to Pray
I can’t trim gristleoff fatty meatand pray at the same time,
The Community
It started as a Wednesday like any other, hanging like a new moon between weekends. I…
The Times Are (after Sylvia)
floss for missing teeth.Poison on the nipples.A letter in a shed on fire.
Jocks, Freaks, and Nerds (The Ford, Massachusetts, 1970s)
The jocks playedhigh school helmet-ball.They dubbed the others
After Waking
May. Carnations on table. Mother brings soup. Looks. Fingers trace bowl rim twice. Dusk. Boy sleep.…
The Chorography of Placidity: A History of What Was Never Written
Every archive is a sepulchre erected upon the debris of what was never permitted inscription. It…
The Time Mechanic
16.03 22.08 ‘He’s just a harmless hobbyist…’ Amber turned away from her screen, a grainy security-cam…
“Upon a Time … Ever After”
“Upon a Time…” was inspired by the 1979 Manhattan kidnapping of Etan Patz – his story…
The World is So Small
I can smell a child’s fearseveral continents away.It is burnt toast bird guano chocolate chip cookies.
Instructions for Teaching Rain to Read Radiology Films
No one remembers who noticed first:the rain pausing above hospitals,waiting.
The Cartographer of Vanishing Organs
The anatomy atlas was never wrong.It was only early.Each night, after the hospital emptied
Smiley Companions
First published in Nocturne Magazine, 2022 Mrs. Moon looked forward to watching church service on TV…
Arrangements
You bravos had better be ready to fight.—Warren Zevon, My Ride’s HereI’m thinking bagpipes. No,…