Tag Archives: words

moon landing

My mother just called me. She is not yet 90, but almost. I wasn’t really in the mood to talk and I tried to talk myself out of not wanting to talk, but I think it showed. Maybe I’m just … Continue reading

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leave of absence

i’ve decided to take a break from writing, which i know is maybe one of the worst things i could do. and it’s a shame, too. such a shame. because so much of my writing energy is getting sapped and … Continue reading

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strange and alarming

forgive me, for i have misspoke. again and again i have misspoken. my lack of eloquence since the holidays began and into these first days of 2013 has been strange and alarming. it’s not exactly a matter of saying things … Continue reading

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the wrong words

the world has been in places where i have not been, of late. everyone around me is singing songs i have never heard of, in unison. i don’t know how they memorize all of those words. and then they tell … Continue reading

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trust me

i have to tell myself, it’s ok it’s ok not to say anything silence can be a good thing you don’t really need to say anything all of the time sometimes it’s best not to and it’s really ok it … Continue reading

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curvilinear

how quickly things disintegrate when you least expect it. a typo, a word mispoken, an insight, a glance, a gesture–each articulated exactly 3 seconds too late to be exchanged. setting off a spiral into calamity. How could this happen? you … Continue reading

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