Monthly Archives: September 2006

I drive along the interstate to my hometown and passthe houses that werethe houses of my friendsand enemies. I order food from the place where I used to work; the kids who work there now just don’t do the same … Continue reading →

There must have been some kind of noise,a semi truck downshiftingas it speeds down an overpass on the nearby interstate,which sounds exactly the way a train in outer space would soundto a young boy on earth, who watches it streak … Continue reading →

Nights like this one repeat themselves; maybe it’s a Midwest thing, I don’t know.When it’s been humid and stifling for days on end,it’s sometimes interrupted by the cool of a summer evening. They remind me of nights before falling asleep,ten … Continue reading →

We were cuddled up in bed togetherjust moments before I turned out the bedside lamp. When lightning lit the room again shortly after, you had already disappeared from my side; I hadn’t felt your departure, could not feel your absence. … Continue reading →

Something happened this morning, when I sat in a café.An old man at the table next to me,who wore a hose attached to an oxygen tank,removed it to get up and walk to the restroom. For as long as I’ve … Continue reading →

I saw a kid in the coffee shop today,probably late high school or early college age.He looked a bit like the kids I knew when I was his age. They were confident, affluent,self-possessed. I couldn’t sit in a room with … Continue reading →

I sat at the mirror and studied myself,trying desperately to find the musclethat would allow me to wiggle my ears. I held my fingers at my temples,smiled, frowned, and adjusted my eyebrowsin every conceivable position,but my ears didn’t move, even … Continue reading →