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December 22, 2016 We eat ham and beans for lunch, and Paul exclaims that he feels like he has been in this café before. “Because you write about this Gene, you make me feel like I know it.” We walk … Continue reading →

December 21, 2016 On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, a fat fascist in a money tree. On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, two turtle-faced McConnell’s and a fat … Continue reading →

There is no hate where we lie now battles ended, our scars dust Under the ice and snow just soldiers’ sleep All of the wars of all our tribes it seemed somehow to matter But under the fecund earth just … Continue reading →

December 12, 2016 I fill my bird feeder once a day—okay, Audubon Society? Partial count: four cardinals, over ten tufted titmice, chickadees by the score, two red-bellied woodpeckers, gobs of nuthatches, finches, juncos, two mourning doves, a Carolina wren and … Continue reading →

December 10, 2016 We lay together arms entwined high school sweethearts fearful heartful our eyes flame-blind as we burned to death exchanging smoke breaths your lips to mine until love was all And we were found dead of Oakland fire … Continue reading →

December 4, 2016 Dear Kellyanne Conway, Congratulations on your ascendency to the White House! How excited you must be! Girlfriend, you put the white in White House; why, you epitomize a “whiter shade of pale!” To celebrate a real woman … Continue reading →

November 26, 2016 Six a.m. Ice mist rises on the field across the highway. A lone, unhurried male cardinal perches on the birdfeeder and enjoys a leisurely breakfast of seeds and cherries. Fidel is dead. I’m watching the sunrise and … Continue reading →

Leonard Cohen fell An unfurled bejeweled leaf Dying in his sleep   Crumbled powdered milk That fed sleeping baby’s breath Until it soughed sweet   Birds on winter’s wire Heard the song, transposed it to Rime and snow’s desire   … Continue reading →

November 14, 2016 It was a long day of work. I knocked off at two and drove to the Godfrey Walmart to get a prescription filled. And then I walked back to the car, drinking in the day, 70 degrees, … Continue reading →