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Gold with a few green stragglers, the short tree under my fire escape was almost ready for my neighbor’s art project. Once the leaves were gone he planned to affix small yellow, orange and red envelopes, mirroring fall colors, filled … Continue reading →

The stairs always seemed inadequate to my weight. I wasn’t much more than 100 pounds at the time, but the wood would creak, and usually a shred or two would pop off on the side. “Myrtle, you need to get … Continue reading →

I set aside the yellow chrysanthemums and wondered about the oranges, reds and purples. They were arranged one on each step to our house and I thought the colors should be coordinated like an outfit of clothing. Greg, my housemate, … Continue reading →

The gilt mirrors surrounded Cynthia and the eight bridesmaids and one junior bridesmaid, a slight Asian child of around 12 who bounced up and down and smiled to her mother about her dress’s “tail.” The bridesmaids, an offset of the … Continue reading →

Looking for a Door in the Moon Drilling the edges shy of center, my saw carves off the corners light trickling from the periphery catching my hands forearms sides of my legs but glancing away from my face.   Moon … Continue reading →

“I’d like not to see you again,” I told Marcy. She laughed and continued washing dishes she then loaded into the dishwasher. “Did you hear me?”  Sucking at my grape gum, and concentrating on the swirling of my saliva around … Continue reading →

You Mean You’re NOT a Dog? Dog ears secure you were surprised people forgot you were human and believed you to be a dog. You ate with fork and knife sat upright at the table; you even tucked a napkin … Continue reading →

“I’ve always thought extraverts were dumb,” Cynthia told Vikki, who had just gotten back from five hours at Ice and Dogs, a combination ice cream parlor and hot dog eatery that hosted its annual Friend-a-Thon that day.“Why do you have … Continue reading →

Dawn horse mane in sunrise the hooves pound out light, the tail swishes at colored clouds, with obscurity rising with an unseen sun with the dawn horse kicking up dust on her morning stampede. ————————————————- A horse can be confused … Continue reading →