The Curious Adoptee
I’d like to find her. Compare notes. Which of us got lucky? I’d like to know why? My parents could […]
Angelenos, Poems, Tributes
Tributes
Angelenos, Poems, Tributes
Love Poem to Los Angeles
with a respectful nod to Jack Hirschman 1. To say I love Los Angeles is to say I love its
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Being a Good Man
I’m sick of lugging this satchel of bones from office to woods, alphabetizing each knuckle, burying hip joint or femur.
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The Draft of a Messiah
I’m not sure what sounds escape when a false messiah sings. If lips part gently, while tongue pushes out noise
Angelenos, Poems, Tributes
In My Mother’s Things
specifically, in one of the old recipe boxes she kept in the kitchen pantry, was a poem. Soon after she
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The Existential Self
Once in a while an owl barks above the black bog, and I turn another page of a big book