Takeoffs or Landings?
In my dreams, I see you at the foot of some mountains And we’re taking some pictures or something And we’d better hurry up It’s late and the sun keeps shooting through pine trees And the grass stains...
View ArticleSecond Verse, Not the Same as the First
Usually when the plane is over the water, it nosedives straight in, or explodes on the way down. This time, it was hovering, like a UFO on “Twilight Zone” or something. It did fall into the water,...
View ArticlePrithee, My Dear, Why Are We Here?
They were all there. Stuck in the basement. Like it was a bomb shelter — not ideal, but necessary. For the time being. And I was one of them, but one day I wondered why I accepted it so easily, that I...
View ArticleYou Just Couldn’t Let Me Go
Deathlike silence Red cloud shakes A race that walls immortality The undying battle of extinction Who would believe in sanctuary ~ Pantera, “Immortally Insane” The three of us were upstairs. A mother...
View ArticleReady to Fly
If a wave rolls down from heaven With the turning of the tide You’re pulled in all directions Only for awhile ~ Colin Hay, “The Flying Song” I’d tried before, many times. Flying. Here and there, I’d...
View ArticleLonging To Linger ‘Til Dawn
Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow ~ T.S. Eliot The party is going on, half barbecue, half cruise, depending on whom you speak to. This one girl seems like...
View ArticleLights Go Down
I managed to get away somehow. I wasn’t sure what I was running from, but some others from the house and I were trying to get away. We’d just entered a forested area that was harder to run through, but...
View ArticleOh My God, It’s A Mirage
Steeple guide me to my heart and home The sun is out and up and down again ~ Smashing Pumpkins The place is expanding, this place I’ve seen so many times before, alone, filling up with people from my...
View ArticleRewatching “Buffy”: My Top 15 S4-7 Desert Island Eps (Starting with 4!)
Guys, it’s so sad. Like, I’m near tears as I write this, because Josh and I only have three more episodes before the glorious “Buffy” rewatch marathon winds to a finish. But on the happy side, I was...
View ArticleAirplanes
I grew up where throwing rocks in canyons is not allowed I grew up where growing up makes me awkward and proud I grew up where it was a difficult drive to the airport And I hope you have a good ride...
View ArticleBack to NY, Day One — Nanny & Pop-Pop’s House
My third trip back to New York was for my best friend’s wedding. Shannon and I met in sixth grade, became friends in seventh grade, and BFFs in eighth. So it’s been nearly 30 years. We went through...
View ArticleMy Slumbering Heart
It’s become just like a chemical stress Tracing the lines in my face for Something more beautiful than is there I’ve barely been gone ~ Rilo Kiley My most oft-recuring dream varies in detail, but is...
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