Coupon Queen
A neighbor knocked on my door and asked for drug money; actually I don’t know she’s my neighbor at all except last year, a few… Read More »Coupon Queen
January 2015
Saguaro
Not the freaking desert, my father would rather spend his day at the beach, my mother, always in charge of food, packed egg sandwiches and… Read More »Saguaro
Visiting Hours
In a loosely gathered knot, cousins from different airports arrive at her bedside, morphine placed beneath her tongue, a liquid sacrament. Friends want her to… Read More »Visiting Hours
Honey Cake
Before she died, she wore an orange ruffle to her 100th birthday party, now photographs on the walls, earth-tone paintings, the same shade as a… Read More »Honey Cake