At 6:30, a cup of coffee with cream and hints of sugar. Let my tongue float on the muddy brown with eyes closed, slipping into consciousness. Safety lives inside this paper cup. Comraderie, comfort, security. All the heft of a single day balanced against my lips. And with a slight tilt of the wrist, spills [...]
Categories: intransitive verbiage, snippets from somewhere
I have been up to my eyeballs in the everyday. My creative matter is stretched to its outer limits just trying to keep on top of being original. I want to lay down my arms. They ache from being held up all day, reaching for something I know is right there. Nothing can be captured. [...]
Categories: intransitive verbiage
My mother phoned the other day to let me know that a woman — who probably was marginally mean to me in high school — died of a brain aneurism in her sleep last weekend. The woman was only one year older than me. So I am thinking about death. Generically and specifically. This works [...]
Categories: intransitive verbiage
Rebecca called tonight to tell me that she missed me. I didn’t have the heart to say I hadn’t recognized her voice. To tell the truth, we’d neither of us seen me in a while. She said she’d found a new way to hit those trills and vocal flips we’d abandoned long ago. I asked [...]
Categories: intransitive verbiage
Words become a persona. They take the place of an understanding hand on your arm or a tired smile on a satisfying day. They become a juggling act. They jostle for position, push against each other and stomp on toes to get a front row seat. They keep their elbows up and sharpened. They give [...]
Categories: intransitive verbiage
