Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
Supine, she sprawls where she has fallen, not one bird calls where she has fallen. Dead grass covers her form like a shroud, an endless pall where she has fallen. The lightning-struck tree, stiff with black grief, still standing tall where she has fallen. Where is the play of green Read more
Patrons had been bustling all this Sunday morning and Danny was made to wait for his smoke break. There were elderly people who’d known him as a kid and children with their parents. Old Mister rested on the stool behind the cash register, a hefty man everyone called Old Mister Read more
Trees in the wilderness, like women waving good-bye. Wind in folds of her dress, like women waving good-bye. Fire in a pile of leaves that lift one by one, like hands that cannot rest, like women waving good-bye. Pregnant sisters bleed like the leaves of fall lie against hospital walls Read more
like a basketball so high with every toss like a doll they throw (but scorn to hold or cuddle) up goes the baby girl laughing first then screaming up up again almost to the ceiling they feel their strength the power of deciding whether to play the hero to find Read more
I know before I hear her singing coming from the kitchen. My eyes are wide open and waiting. The morning is almost upon us, night subsiding slowly, day slipping in on us. My mother and I are not deterred by the chill that has set in. It’s time to pick Read more
How do I pray for protection from collisions? From hits and runs? For an intercession at a busy intersection? Oh, Queen of Negligence what’s your preference? My luck’s been poor of late, and I’m desperate to know. What would you most appreciate? An altar? Candles unlit to represent drivers asleep Read more
