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  • NOTES ON SILENCE

    The racket of birdsong wakes me at 4am, before first light.

  • FAMILY BATTLES | WITCH

    My uncle stares at the TV throughout

  • On the Grounds of the Zendo

    The face of the Buddha’s so smooth, she whispered,

  • BOOK OF HOURS

    A jostle of stars at the edge of the Crab Nebula pinpoints the heart of Taurus. Under the right conditions, with a

  • Summer circa 1967-2xxx

    My mother & the other ladies

  • LONG AFTER HE IS GONE | LAST OFFER

    All the summer’s night

  • BUD

    Five years of nothing. Then, one night she calls

  • Some Propositions with Children | Changing the Subject

    The child is completely immersed in childhood

  • Of Course

    If I wake at 3, ephemerality

  • VANISHING POINT

    I learned it in art class, second grade,

  • Thanksgiving Chorus

    Kindergarteners beautiful and dumb

  • FISHERMAN, 50 B.C.

    What else would I do on the river