God, an Examination

Case for God: I ordered brownie, brownie excellent. Case against: so cold my ears hurt. Case for: things bloom. Case against: sometimes. Case for: woman I paid for my groceries asked if I wanted my newspaper rubber banded. Case against: As I was walking out, I said very quietly to myself, “I hate this song.” That […]

Stripes

I finally went to physical therapy. It didn’t seem it hurt enough, or it was important enough, to think about, but every time I reach for my laptop, grasp it, pull it up, it hurts. Usually in the morning my forearms are stiff and sore. My arms and elbows have hurt, on and off, for […]

Two, Five, One Men

The bar was full of “RESERVED” signs for ghost people who didn’t need to sit down like people who had taught all day and were wearing heels. I asked a tall man if he knew who the hell all these people were. He did not know. He was from a British colony, that is all […]

Inmates

Across the avenue from my doctor’s office is the building with the clock tower. It was 4:05 PM. Clock towers: “Back to the Future,” the Prairie Village pool complex, with the clock up there where we could look up from the water to see it was the time Mom said we had to leave, “Peter […]