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Entries from June 19th, 2008

through the station

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on through the station · Older Essays

His legs are gangled meter sticks, flexing occasionally at the knee, swiveling in the rack and pinion of his pelvis and incapsulated by worsted wool finished with soft sole wing tips… taking two stairs at a time his stride pushes the lines away She shivers in hose and mutters, “Damned skirt has no kick pleat” […]

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coffee couples

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on coffee couples · Older Essays

Leaning on their elbows as cheeks pull in their dimples and jowls sigh wide contentments they nuzzle noses mid sentence enjoying the taste of lips over latte finding their day in that hour conversation carts pulling with fast and slow lulls coupled by their eyes, “Want another” “Nah, just sit for a bit” before schooching […]

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Look with me

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Look with me · He said, She said

I grew up on this Island in a house less than a mile from the sea. There were gulls which would land in our backyard. The boardwalk alongside the orange sand is long and large. The benches have the grey color that comes when wood and salt meet for a long time. But if I […]

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Tell it like it is

June 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Tell it like it is · He said, She said

There is a whole industry dedicated to the onerous task of relationships. I purposely didn’t put a descriptive adjective there because depending upon whom you read or what you are looking for, that could mean improving them, strengthening them, revitalizing them, rebuilding them, redirecting them or maybe even sauteeing them with butter. I will have […]

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