February 2021

Get yours in bulk at Costco, friends bent over sewing machines, colors, adjustable ear loops, sequins, make a personal statement to VOTE, 3-ply, 4-ply, and… Read More »Stations of the Mask

Perlson’s office was in Little Rock; the corporate office in Atlanta. But Vernon worked in the Arkansas town of Hentsbury around reclamation ponds. Chemicals from the… Read More »Vernon (from Pulp into Paper)

after-birth drips from each petalgreen buds on branches leaves clenched in prayer the smell of wild carrots and onions.  

Cranes battling each other in the sky, Samson and Goliath-sized shovels mauling each other’s words, an image that keeps floating in my head like an… Read More »Impeachment Hearings

I’m thinking about a bunch of things as the dryer sounds like a heartbeat with every rotation. And maybe that’s what the Earth sounds like… Read More »Things That Swing in Space

Finding a place where I can get vaccinated feels like a treasure hunt. But so far, I have not come up with any prized appointment.… Read More »I Need a Shot in the Arm

(from MG novel, The Pool of Knowledge) Sanunique and Pickard landed at a stopover along their migration path with thousands of other birds for rest… Read More »Sanunique Wishes She’d Never Given Liana up for Adoption

Eating an orange this morning, I thought about those generations of sailors who contracted scurvy because they were unable to get sufficient amounts of vitamin… Read More »Scurvy, the Super Bowl, and Covid-19