Category: Essays
At the Edge of the Trailer Park – for Andrea
You define that decade of dream for me, mother-friend, you I hoped to be like when I grew up.
Read MoreThe Franken Berry Lie
Your lies are harmless, not so much untruths as they are fantasies.
Read MoreAll Grown Up
I had fought against this Confucian hierarchy for years, wishing to be seen for who and where I was in my life.
Read MoreThe Weight of Her Grief
How had she found this luminous line amid the darkness of her pain?
Read MoreTimes I Thought of Running Away
Beyond that, road, then hills, then places beyond this where a person can disappear.
Read MoreHow To Be Less Lonely in Six Steps
Your garden’s gladiolas fold up their long-leaved blossoms every night and spread wide their lush colors again each dawn.
Read MoreHard-Fought Pedal Pushing
But the secret I was keeping was that I felt so very weak.
Read MoreHome…Is Not Nowhere
For years, I thought home was lost.
Read MoreNights in the Hospital
Soon enough, I was going to be an orphan.
Read MoreSelf-Portrait as Ricochet
I realize now I’m a ricochet of who I used to be, just a nest of hair working hard to make sense of my scars.
Read MoreThe Ghost in Me
I try to pull myself together.
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