If a Plane Crashed Exactly on the U.S.-Canadian Border, in Which Country Would They Bury the Survivors?
—for Margot
After I crawled away from the wreck
And...
Funeral FAQs
Question: Should we play a hymn when viewing the folded flag?Answer: Forgiveness is not a window full of fingerprints wiped clean.Question: What arrangement...
Dinosaur Gardens
Every family’s story is the same in departure. We visited every summer, a pilgrimage to primordial creatures fashioned from lumber, concrete, and obsession....
Harpoon
Moonlight drapes the garden with a lullabycold as a harpoon. It knows its target,the heart. Later, the helpless, useful thingwill dive and flail, ribcage...
Tree for the Forest
Century Tree, St. Louis, MO
nested concentric,one to another, accumulated. History isboth the quick injury that broke a young limb and...
Mundane Scar
Papi reclines on the couch
a dark shadow in the dim
lighting of the family
room. His finger probes
the shiny skin stretched
like burnt umber smeared
along his sharp...
