A single windowpane called to me, Through a velvety furniture maze In the fancy living room Do not touch Do not sit on those fine things Swirls about my busy mind I ignore this voice Floating to the soft wingback chair. The...
Having recently turned 79, and as a survivor of 11 surgeries (including two kidney transplants, a brace of knee replacements, a cardiac bypass, and a spinal fusion procedure), this seems a propitious time to reflect on the...
Mona stood behind the linoleum-covered counter cutting the strawberry rhubarb pie into eight perfect wedges that reminded her of moist linen. It was yesterday’s pie and just beginning to shift its color from tired dusty rose to...
Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have
– James Baldwin
