My son has a sweet temperament, which means the world will carve him up, make mincemeat of his pinkish ears, serve his slightly meaty legs in a buttery sauce w...
There is an art to it, like getting ready for a date. For at least thirty minutes, after the shower, she will do her hair and makeup and assemble an outfit tha...
I wake up in Julia’s bed in Oak Park to my photo high on the wall. It makes the strange room even stranger. In my room at home in Manhattan’s East Village, a r...
A tenderhearted family got more than they bargained for when they brought home what they believed was a lost puppy but was actually a twenty-eight-year-old wom...
Fuzzy yellow chicks swarm their mothers like bees. At water’s edge, where a wedding drags on, the groom is transfixed. How bitterly each brood chases after its...
My love blooms on the ceiling in my sunless world. Mould merges with ancient water stains to form your noble chin, sharp cheekbones, your gentle brow. Cracks a...
If you’re thinking about whether you should write a thank-you note, you probably should. It is never wrong to send a thank-you note. Sometimes it’s easy, other...
Mist filters the moonlight like a fragrance through our open blinds, and we sleep together in the same bed again this night.
One week ago, both of us test p...
Intraphase: Homeostasis; the phase before. Each chromosome makes an exact copy of itself so that the cell has two identical sets.
I inherited my mother’s sk...
When the lightning storms first started we turned to bowling—a nice, grounded sport where the ball rarely left the floor and the shoes felt insulated. We playe...
