That night of the thick fog, razor-sharp winds, the sky and ground the same dull, impenetrable gray, my fingers and toes, cheeks and ears unable to discern temperature, pain signals tapping an indecipherable morse code, dots of panic, dashes of resignation. I couldn’t see any way out.
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Zero Visibility
Posted in Caves, COVID-19, Existential, Isolation/Belonging on February 28, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Pandemic times
Posted in COVID-19, Surrender on January 15, 2022 | 6 Comments »
We will never recover the time Inside as spring bloomed, fall blazed Roots have grown white, untended Out of arm’s reach, winter even colder.
Deep-fried pizza
Posted in COVID-19 on March 3, 2021 | 4 Comments »
Why not take it just a bit over the edge, add turquoise tulle to the pink leotard and orange tights, tassels to the handlebars, a Dora the Explorer helmet and a bright red face mask, ride to the fair grounds and eat, bite by greasy bite, the deep-fried Twinkie, lick powder-sugared fingers after the doughy […]
The Last Visit
Posted in Cemetery, Death/Loss/Grief, Encerrado, Guanajuato on February 3, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
The east section of the cemetery has been fenced off. The grass is unnaturally green, sodden. Headstones are strung like beads from tree roots that have surfaced. A note nailed to a venerable tree warns visitors to avoid this area, or, at the least, use extreme caution. It explains: sectional liners have aged poorly, there […]
Shelter, Alone
Posted in COVID-19, Encerrado, Guanajuato, Isolation/Belonging, Love, Quédate-en-Casa, Yoga on May 13, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
The young couple just a few weeks into their love sheltered together the aged couple side by side so long they rarely speak out loud remained in, quietly children stayed home from school university students returned to their parents’ people sheltered with their dog, their cat, their bird their recipes, their baking supplies their Facebook […]