a leg to stand on

I called Mom to wish her a happy day. She told me that Dad had his leg amputated. Almost two years now this shit has been lingering. Finally, he has a chance to mend and come home and get back to his life out of a frickin’ hospital bed… Everyone is in good spirits about […]

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the not-so-ugly betty

This evening, I caught myself up with the closing episodes of Ugly Betty. The final episode is starting as I type this… Over the show’s run, I have had a varied response. The most consistent opinion I have held is that I am very, very happy that the show exists. At the worst of it, I […]

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the weighted anchor

It’s still April, right…? My brain has been out of its poetic meter center for so very long now; I have struggled for nearly a month to get something out for poetry month. This one stammered itself out over a period of days, which is unusual for me… — my body sings at your touch,but […]

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