Soft Stuff

This is my friend who is badly hurt, I am going to tell you about him so when you say, “I am thinking of your friend,” or “I am praying for him,” or “I hope he gets better,” whatever you say to say–I regret the fucking stupidity of humans being made of soft stuff, making […]

Speak Tenderly

This week: the social worker was trying to talk to this woman with her eye swollen out of her head, the woman was thrusting her cell phone at this very young social worker demanding she talk to her dad. The hospital security guards talked about what to have for dinner. A college girl from Columbia […]

Decorating

I had changed into flats and put on my sweater. I was still wearing my lace skirt for going out nice dinner with friends at my favorite French restaurant because did I have a minute? I did. I plugged the strand into the other my dad handed me, he had covered two bushes and done the white […]

Windows

Horrible pink and gold in the Chanel windows right now. Very sad because “Chanel” is my favorite, probably because of the sound of the name, the same reason I like “Jameson,” truth be told. My therapist’s office is on the upper east side, one of the fanciest neighborhoods in America. My walk back to the […]