Uninhabited
That January we ate ramen, broth sharpas vinegar. Sipped the sizzling disappointment
while snow cascaded from the second flooruntil our city grew unrecognizable. By April
love was...
Insomnia
A midnight truck shakesthe clock awake. I remembermy father opening the door
to my head, a lullaby on the pianotying this memory to kindness.These days,...
Fatal Hour
Ponder if you will the seductive side of sorrow,
like dirty cash in envelopes thrown at you by strangers.
We qualified for grief assistance, for...
We Have Gotten So Good At Dying
A sad memento is sad so long
as it’s
the officiant of girlhood—the body its own
disengaged worship. How to chronicle...
Cicada Summer
Like cicadas, I just want to cry and cry too:
through the whole month of June, I unleashed
gnarls of heartache from my throat
until the...
Scientists Determine Time Perception Varies Between Animals
Start with a flashing light, electrodes—and measure how quickly perceptionshifts the light solid—call it timescale: a finer mesh,a...
