My father didn’t have the skills to navigate or blend one family into another, especially when the two wives had contempt for each other.
John Wrote to Me, Honey; Words that Fell from the Sky; Reasons to Stay; “sweet william,” June; Our Lucky, or Unlucky Lost-
He landed in the slush pile for sale with her and the glad
bags, the stars & the moon—Do I tell, do I tell, do I tell?— They’ll tell you
The Fallen Man
A man is on all fours feeling his way gingerly on the ground.
Starling’s Egg; Short Infinites; Hummingbird
I think we are not meant to capture this brief visit from an ancient God of song and war.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas
"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" by Dylan Thomas came to my attention yet again when Jean Seberg asks Jean-Paul Belmondo if he's read it in Goddard's iconic "Breathless".
Discovery of Dreaming Spiders
She feared the jumping spiders were dead sitting so still at the top of their cage.
