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Irreconcile and Abilities

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Irreconcile and Abilities · Older Essays

To another woman, beginning her divorce… If a lady has been so unfortunate as to have married a man not a gentleman, to draw attention to his behavior would put herself on his level. Emily Post, 1922 Divorce is a process. Often a long drawn out one, like extensive dental surgery. You want it to […]

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Female smudged

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Female smudged · Older Essays

Women are left, little blots on the table, Do we stain what we don’t want like an affront to the tablecloth? Or are we a seeping of ink everywhere spilling with no seams or stitches to hold us? Do we become emaciated, pointy bones with lonely sharp edges, fine and white? No. We are empty […]

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chirashi New York style

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on chirashi New York style · Older Essays

streets are littered with tourists, blowing about like hopeful pages before being caught, lined into bins and carted back on planes to where they started…

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Metro rain

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Metro rain · Older Essays

The first passengers board this dry train on a wet day crowding in their dampness pulled with a heave, with a sigh The loud ache of weight on metal turning curves groans left, groans right, catching its breath at each station

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