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On my walk I pass underneath a tree, and hanging from the branches, about twenty feet up, is a pair of shoes. It occurs to […]

At a certain point the bullying became impossible to ignore. Which was how Danny and I ended up in Dr. Epstein’s office. She was so […]

Tooth Book During my first trip to the dentist in years, radiographs revealed that there was something buried in my gums. Since I was too […]

Allowed only those senses which enabled its labor, the malus drone’s world was one of touch and smell. The scent of spring-warm tree bark, the […]

The cat stretched in the sunlight and talked to us, eyes narrowed, while Marco demonstrated the library machines. He was about to explain the continuous […]

There is a finger, a human finger in the schoolyard grass, and it has no body.  It is picked up by a girl. A quiet […]

After the metal band, the rubber band I absolve the sky. It is subject to forces unseen. Then I absolve my boss. He is subject […]

Some kind of a noise. Or a nudge, a push. Probably both. A “Babe, babe,” together with or followed by, enough of a jostle to […]

You were four point five billion years young the first time you were banished into the void. The decision had not been sudden; there had […]

At some point everyone makes the same joke: it must be nice caring for babies who never cry. But the babies who have no eyes […]