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  • Streak, Exit Survey and Against All Endings

    A jackknifed semi full

  • On Brueghel’s Massacre of the Innocents

    He’s switched the scene from Bethlehem

  • Braid Him Into the Earth

    Knee-high coffin of wicker, earth-boat floating through the woods.

  • Jukkasjärvi, Sweden | Hämeenkyrö, Finland

    It flew like a little bird

  • ON EMPATHY

    Wary of the verb  “empathize”—together with its noun “empathy” and adjective

  • You, Reader, As I Imagine You

    Why is it awkward to acknowledge

  • Afterimage

    Do you remember those Cornell shadow boxes we saw at some

  • THE COURTING

    In every dark jazz club, in each smoky corner

  • Queen of the Lot

    When was the last time I watched The Letter

  • ON THE RMS QUEEN MARY | LATENT IMAGE

    I'm exploring the decks, the ship docked in Long Beach since '67. Same liner Mom sailed in '39 from England to

  • More Nights Than Days and Turn It Up

    At the end of my street, they cut the trees.

  • The Conscious Fruit Fly

    This means fruit fly the scholar.