Aug 06, 2021
Her Mother’s Spoons
Jealous of objects, that’s what grief makes you.
The Moon and What You Get Back
She tells me our tip percentage is all about our mindset, even though people don’t tip well at brunch.
Jul 30, 2021
After the Diversity Panel
Had we been diverse enough? Had we changed hearts, minds, and souls? Had we been . . . truthful?
Jul 09, 2021
What Happens to Little Girls
"Something in the hole grabs back. Something that doesn’t give up. Something with fingers and nails just like mine."
Jun 11, 2021
Before the Cure
He’d seen himself as something different then: greater than he was, more worthy of acclaim.
Nov 13, 2020
For As Long As Turtles Live
Our relationship might crack as we build two babies, but turtles don’t rush.
Sep 11, 2020
Low-Flying Children
The Green Man dreams that one day he will throw away the flag and depart for home in a bug-free rocket ship. But not before the children grow up, walk instead of fly.
May 29, 2020
Lepidoptera
Her family had no wings, only legs that could traverse blocks at street level, where no one was allowed since the Sickness.
Apr 17, 2020
AREA CANNIBALESS
Some just want a lick of fame, prostrate at my feet with their sweaty headshots, as if I am the one to save them.
Mar 20, 2020
The Smell of All Mothers
It was That Smell, that-so-familiar-one that hurt me not to remember where I’d smelled it before.
Mar 06, 2020
150 bpm
It’s the heartbeat that I can’t forget. When the sonogram technician held her transducer to my abdomen and turned up the sound I was surprised by its rapidity.
Feb 28, 2020
Si Dios Quiere
Raul returns the greeting, always the same: by running his pointer finger over his throat in disapproval.
Dec 13, 2019
The Whales
The whales would sing because they were alone, but with each other, their song a reminder that loss and exile are linked.
Nov 01, 2019
Before the Crossing
The boy loved seeing the tent from outside, lit up by firelight, glowing brightest where it was wearing thin.
Jun 28, 2019
Whatever Doesn’t Kill Me
You’re safe now, said the plates, the walls, the glasses, even the golden chandelier that I hadn’t noticed before.
May 24, 2019
You and Me, Bird
Your near-life experiences have coalesced in this momentary identity. You are a woman speeding along I-10 with a caged green-cheeked conure chirping by her side.
May 17, 2019
Tumblr vs. Democracy
They tell me that my new job is to chisel a deep and lasting crack into the foundation of American democracy.
Apr 26, 2019
My Ex and My Ex-Chicken
I started to wonder how the hell she’d found me after all these years, but I was starting to realize that any chicken with the amount of determination I was seeing now would hardly be deterred from tracking me down.
Feb 22, 2019
