Morning Bluer
My first garden grew on the fire escape outside our apartment in the Bronx. Whatever was green usually grew between the cracks of the pavement. But… Read More »Morning Bluer
My first garden grew on the fire escape outside our apartment in the Bronx. Whatever was green usually grew between the cracks of the pavement. But… Read More »Morning Bluer
Pear trees at the outer edge of the parking lot bloomed in faux-snow, the way they did every year on the California delta. I grabbed… Read More »Unfortunately, it was fatal.
He’d ignored his doctor’s warnings, the diet, the exercise, everything to ease back from a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Not exactly come back, as I… Read More »How Much do You Care?
Cleo found a terraced garden at the back of Jensen’s store. She entered through a rickety gate, and placed my cage beneath the shade of… Read More »Locked in a Cage, Crying for Help
It was the end of August. Jennifer lived with her 12-year-old daughter. Her husband stayed on the other side of the city in a house… Read More »Compression by Death
“Bwaeek!” I beat my wings and tried to fly, but a man threw a cloth bag over my head. I recognized Jensen’s gravelly voice. “Stop… Read More »Amber Bird Alert
I warmed my wings in a patch of sunshine. The ground below gave off a rotting smell, manure attracting flies. In the past, I would’ve… Read More »Life’s Questions Examined: Iris and Samuel
I flew from branch to branch until I found Ruby. “Stop making a racket,” she told me. “You’re scaring away my dinner.” I’d already searched… Read More »Ruby’s Advice About Being a Bird
Whatever you do, don’t cash them in, not before floods melt margarine in the honeyed light of the last diamond setting. Atoms come in assorted… Read More »what to do with your wisdom benefits in 2022
My past was gone. Days blurred. I tore apart journals, ripped out one page at a time. People came to the house after the funeral… Read More »The Pool of Knowledge: The Worst Day