Wool

When other people are praised and I am not, I want to climb on a table with a whip. And scream at everyone how ungrateful they are. My family and I went for a walk the day after my grandma died. I had bought tights at this place on Fifth in Brooklyn, and I put […]

Day 11.

We need Lent to be sad. Today I was angry about 2 of 3 classes not getting with the program, into their lesson, which was a fine lesson, indeed, we read a bit of Tupac, they acted happy about that at first, but then ran off the rails, speaking of rails, I was angry my […]

Jungle

We breathed the thick air of the jungle of Omaha, the day after Grandma’s funeral. There were fuzzy gibbons, one of them with a baby hooked to her, and we looked hard at the two of them, my mother, my sisters, me, us four. We walked through the butterfly house, watching our feet to not […]

Far From the Home I Love

I would give the Chicago Midway Airport floor 2 stars out of a possible 5. My only other airport floor sleep was the St. Louis airport, I have to say there was a certain bounce to that floor, a certain wider ambiance, more natural light to disturb your sleep, though. Christmastime 1995. Actually I was […]