Moving Day
03/14/2018
The Bronx had always been a temporary stop along the path toward upward mobility. Not a place where Jewish people living on our block wanted their kids to grow-up; it
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Beach Blanket Babylon
03/05/2018
Jerold wished he could audition for a part as TV’s Jack-in-the Box with that white Styrofoam thing pulled over his head. Not that he was particularly scary looking. It’s just
Black is the Color of Marlon Brando’s Motorcycle Jacket
02/15/2018
Black is the color of my true love’s hair and Marlon Brando’s motorcycle jacket, each tooth a silver zipper. Black is the color of roadies drinking beer down the street
The First Flying Woman
02/11/2018
The old woman who lived in the bottom apartment called me. Her name was Basuma. Freckles covered her hands and arms and made her look like a ripe banana. She
from Persons of Interest
01/26/2018
…from my new writing project…here’s a See’s chocolate sample. Annabelle was my best girlfriend and by that, I mean the one who’s seen me through a divorce, at least two
Listening to an MLK Speech From the Sixties in my 60’s
01/15/2018
Less than a week after Trump’s shithole comments about El Salvador, Haiti, and Africa oh you racist insufferable man from the water closets of vipers who looks at a piece
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