Out there, there are the trees I didn’t climb,
The mountains I didn’t ascend,
Tag fears
No
“No.” I say firmly toward a brick wall in front of me. “Nope. Nuh-uh. Not good enough. No.” Next to me Tiffany asserts: “No way. No. No!” To the same wall. Continue reading “No”
Only Two
“A <…> feature of the emotions is that there are really only two, love and fear.”
– Darren Main, Inner Tranquility: A Guide to Seated Meditation
Grey Hair
“I envy your grey hair,” says Tom.
We are walking down the street, Tom, two french ladies, and I, surveying the neighborhood, chatting, our pairings rearrange occasionally. Now Tom is on my embellished side, and, apparently, he’s been checking it out. Continue reading “Grey Hair”
Trigger Warning, a Book Review of Sorts, with References to Other Collections
Neil Gaiman’s collection “Trigger Warning” came out on February 3, 2015. Like “Fragile Things” 5 years prior, “Trigger Warning” is a medley of short pieces. Some of them are just a few pages long, others are longer. Some are poems. Some are fairy tales. One is a witness’ testimony during a police interview. Continue reading “Trigger Warning, a Book Review of Sorts, with References to Other Collections”
Love letters understated 