on death again
“…and what will bethe last sound the one dying hears, the last color seen,the first movement of the one left behind, the first words, the …
February 2023
under the lights of the Hermitage garden
“…I put on the June leaves of the boulevardsI stepped out of my thoughts of death…” — Nazim Hikmet | “I stepped out of my …
bread letters
“…whoamong us can imagine ourselvesunimagined? who among us can speak with so fragiletongue and remain proud?” — Lucille Clifton | “here yet be dragons” | …
But most of the cities’ population were not elite
“…Here, too, Deputy Soviet Premier Anastas Mikoyan took a break from the Cold War by stopping to break bread with an ordinary Uptown family, while …
seated figure, in red shoes
“…We are foreign seeming persons. Hats flopped so the suncan’t scald our beards; odd shoes, bags of books & chicken.We have come a long way, …
pink interior
“When I hear that palliative care is the unit where people go before they die, instead of getting huffy, instead of explaining more or less …
Illinois, exterior
“It’s too nice a day to read a novel set in England.” — David Berman | “The Charm of 5:30” | Actual Air | p. …