Month: July 2021

So many huskies in the city. What a treat! The turn of the tail, the blue laser eyes, intensity and ignorance of paradise. They belong on the tundra. They live with slanted cement and fenced saplings, puddles green with contaminants. So crisp. Proud of the leash, mushing on instinct, in the park with yellow hamburger…

The glasses looked like ice cubes and the whiskey tasted of flowers. There should have been an abundance of customers after the showers, on a clear, carless night, with the violet stripe sky and Cuban radio. They must have grown stubborn. They liked it inside, moling and melding into old velour,  ordering booze off a…

It should be added that the party was a smash, despite the quantity of leftovers. Suburbans beware salmon and cream cheese, the mothers at least.  Chia seeds are the sacred cow for now.  The minivan minds will think up another. The world prefers to burn, that much I’ve seen on TV. We’ve broken everything in…

There seems an apple to her face: the harsh cheeks and shining skin, tincture of red and sunlight in the eyes. They bode a canny mind, a lady prone to others’ misconceptions. Smaller minds perceive a hungry dagger. She  has a tight belt and a heart no one counted on. Admirable, misjudged, uniquely mistaken for…