Monthly Archives: April 2024

I think of them both and I wonder which I miss more: the one I have greater record of, the emails and the poems and the shows or the one I had more interactions with, the drinks and the late … Continue reading →

“This is not the day for it, Henriette!” She looks at me balefully, full of apology. I don’t buy it for a minute. “Come on, now. You broke that planter to get my attention. You know you did. I am … Continue reading →

It is not the biggest, not by a long shot. But the Empire State Building was the tallest in the world for its moment which lasted forty years. Now, as you climb, you will become ragged, taking fateful breath after … Continue reading →

“To make me scream,” he said, “You’ll need two parts shock, three parts danger, one part pleasure, two parts fear, and four parts narcotics.” “That’s all well and good,” I said, “But why would you ever tell someone the way … Continue reading →

Her backyard was a glass junkyard where all her crystal had gone to rot. We walked it sometimes, when she wanted to smoke. I appreciated that, not being inside, where the smell would be contained, though all the shambles of … Continue reading →

When I biked with autumn frequency I’d end up in the cemetery where the ghost pipes would oft sing to me. I could hear of legends wordlessly. It is not as if they all made sense, all these histories from … Continue reading →

I gave my love a bouquet of lightning and she looked back at me. "To symbolize the thrill you bring to every moment," I swore, "and the thunderous love I have for you!" She seemed somehow unimpressed. "Samuel gave me … Continue reading →

Late nights, with less distractions, I hunt your history and it sometimes succumbs to me, providing details I had not previously found or have lost in stupors. I look for you and hope to find aspects that will explain what … Continue reading →

I was following the rules as I understood them – but I didn’t understand the rules well at all. It was my first time at a strip club and Lach got me a lapdance from this gorgeous blonde. As she … Continue reading →

I think about it less often than I should: the one thing that defined all others. The one article that changed my life. The cover story on Brenda Kahn in The Valley Advocate encouraged me to see her when she … Continue reading →