John[1] was deeply depressed and believed there was no chance that he would get better. He felt worthless, unworthy, and vile and was certain that the world would be better off without him. Occasionally the…
It is a last bastion,
The pulpit. Prominent
Among muscular box shapes;
Fenced off and jutting skyward
On 9 November 1989 the world stood transfixed as television sets around the globe transmitted the fall of the Berlin Wall. Hundreds of thousands of East Germans streamed into Berlin to mount the wall or…
I have got a blond, it’s true.
The others comment,
laugh behind their hands:
where did that one come from?
Considering the level of popular attention recently focused on physical, sexual, even ritual abuse, the discovery of “spiritual abuse” should come as no surprise. And yet it does. The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse is…
In fall, I try to understand the dying
of so many innocent leaves. The changes
happen imperceptibly, till the once-verdant is carmine
or golden, but such pulsing color is only
prelude to their silent fall to the dark flesh
of life that decayed before them. A nectarine
Paula had the aisle seat. Her younger brother Tony was in the middle, next to Sugar, and the two of them pressed against the window and each other and pointed at cloud formations. Down below…
Few teeth remain in her mouth,
And the mouth exhales rottenness.
I turn my back, my nose.
Still she presses in.
Scattered across the countryside one may observe certain wild animals , male and female, dark, livid and burnt by the sun, attached to the earth which they dig and turn over with invincible stubbornness. However,…
an iguana in our empty pool
his eyes jumping wild
a metal fence around the yard
where naked boys waited outside for food