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I — List

I doubt my authenticity. I doubt that I speak what is true. I believe that I am fearful. I believe that my thoughts are filtered or strange. I wonder if there is any word I can say that is honest. […]

Grammy^

She thought her hands were shrinking, and they were. Every time she washed her hands, a bit of them washed away. But hands being hands, they stayed as hands, just less. Her family didn’t believe her. Though she held them […]

yes

She said yes to herself and got herself a mirror to match. Legs triggered miracles that skimmed on another yes and another and another and another like bits of shale skip on a lake. Her sheets were oily, but also […]

Take-Out Bugs

Such is my life that I acquire a bug that bites me every time I order take out Indian food! It never used to happen, but then one day a bug slipped through the door when I opened it for […]

Car Sounds

They liken car sounds to the ocean at times. The roaring ocean of the highway or whatever. But I always thought it was more like engine ghosts moaning. It’s got that hollow coasting oooooooo sound that could be like some […]

Holder Of

For space, one puts the butter in the butter container. But does one put the car in the garage if one is my daughter Corinne? One does not. One puts the car on the driveway where it is in my […]

Kate, Get Used to Kate

She likes clean lines. She likes colors. Green and white, grey and brown, blue and green. She loves plants. Loves PCs. Loves gaming. Loves technology. Loves to decorate. Loves things working well. Loves facing things. Loves women. Loves sunlight. Loves […]

Faith

I come home, and Faith is there, sitting on the couch, reading. “What are you reading?” I ask. “The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne,” she says. This, I love her for, because The Logic of Misogyny is one of […]