Very Small Things

As the lesson said, “mustard seed,” I thought there must be smaller things than that, things so small that is the size of the faith that I have, like, perhaps a speck of dust. Last night I was taking the train home and suddenly realized that I had no money, and would never have any […]

Somewhat

“They called you madame, did you care?” “No,” I said, ” But I am mademoiselle.” I forget that when I am with a man, people may think I am his. One year and seven months and two weeks in New York, of three years. There is no 3 train, there is 4 train, but then […]

Mummified

For all we know, the soul of Perneb is wandering around, flustered, like a smoker without a Quik Trip at 3 am. Perneb believed, or at least some of his friends and family believed, that he needed a tomb with a false door to keep his soul nourished. Unfortunately, Mr. Edward S. Harkness gave Perneb’s […]