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12 July 2012
Unwrapping sticky skin paper from fresh garlic is a summer Christmas present.
June 23, 2012
The sunset pasture lake reflects a counterfeit light, water penny legal tender until dark.
June 18, 2012
It was my lucky day. New beach grass darted, herring-bright, before the wind by the Highland Light. The swan wings’ turbine rush whistles white on the darkling dusk. Shooting star, path – oh, oh, oh, Look! – long enough for you to wish on half-a-skies twinkling dust.
June 17, 2012
Side-armed dash dash / dot dash, a man skips rocks at sunset, puts some topspin on that message before it sinks.
June 16, 2012
The delicate lace hiss of low tide drawn over small sand, wind push and moon pull cancelled, baked flat in the noon-time bay.
September 9, 2011
Five turtles on a plank, marbled history disks who’ve seen enough to know when it’s a good afternoon to sit in the sun.
September 9, 2011
Sparrow mafia slouches in the fence gap eyeing the small kid with crackers.
August 16, 2011
Wind hiss through leaves – don’t forget it when they’re gone.
August 16, 2011
If you gather enough pieces – cicadas-here, fried chicken and poverty-there, family-just so – will it look like home? Or do you just tell the story foreigners expect to hear?
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