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As I stand on the brink of future’s glow My fortune is uncertain as my heart. No matter what I do or say, the flow Of time’s sweet water never stops or starts. I wait upon the shore and drink the air; It tastes of terror, woe,...

The receptionist at my veterinarian came out of the office and handed me the last remains of our 14-year-old cat Fluffy Fluffy was the oldest of the four pets in our house Fala The Wonder Dog the 12-year-old Silky Terrier Ninja...

I descend from neither the North nor South Rims of the Canyon, but from the west, through Hualapai holdings. Without benefit of burro or boots, I barge in by SUV to picnic on a blanket of talus while the Colorado quietly erodes...

When I think of my passing days, a smile comes before a tear. Of the people I’ve lost, of the friends I’ve found, each is a balloon ready to be released—to go aloft— over my head until it disappears. Yet I hold them fast—by...

Rain falls, washing the leaves of April. A lone train blows by, rattling my windows like a tambourine. A single church bell rings. There I sat in my apartment, wishing the sadness away, looking to something worth risking...

I was driving a deserted road. Trees leaned over both sides of the pavement. Daylight was fading. I needed a place to sleep. I was asleep dreaming this road and a building appeared. A dimly lit sign read Percy’s Rest and...

We now take you to this evening’s debate between Celsius, who prefers to be known as Cel, and Fahrenheit. Her friends call her Fahr. The two are the most common measures of temperature, but they agree on very little. On the hot...

I turn onto Schooners Drive. A few blocks in, I see black smoke billowing across the road, not down low where it might impede traffic, but high like a black cloud hoping no one will notice, and it looks like no one does. Drivers...

When I wonder whether anyone will ever touch me again, I decide to want. When I think that my heart is ruined and love will never come again, I decide to know. How did I come to feel your kindness, and know your heart when we’ve...

You would be real and I would disappear softly as the dew on an autumn morning. If we met, you would shine and I would fade like the high clouds on a summer’s day. If we met, your heart would pound like a steady drum in the...

(from The Book of Lu) 1. Found you by accident 2. Reached towards you 3. You smiled back 4. Delighted in you 5. Wasn’t ready for you and hid myself 6. Disappointed you 7. Made you angry 8. Left you alone to think 9. You...