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Warrior Jesus

He’s not the skinny hippie all the paintings make Him out to be.

Waxer

I once watched a man wax a hallway with an overweight rotary brush.

We Rise Up

The man said in a hard voice, “I wanna fuck you, little Indian girl.”

Webcam the World

Get all of it. Set up the shots. Get beautiful stuff and get the ugliness.

Wham Bam

We’re fat! So what? They hadn’t yet tired of this chant, the play’s refrain.

What Makes a Good Story Great

Lori & Garry Marshall

Whatever’s Left of Normal

Design a way to kill those rats, and do it now, Fiori, do it now.

When Enough Is Enough: Age and the Creative Impulse

What about writers who come suddenly into full power late in life?

When Enough Is Enough: Age and the Creative Impulse

What about writers who come suddenly into full power late in life?

When I Knew Stephen Crane

If he could not evade a serious question by a joke, he bolted.

When You Can No Longer Talk about It, You Have to Sing

I had forgotten how to breathe, and then I learned again, all at once.

Where the Rubber Meets the Road

The onus is on you, because you care about your car and your life.

Whirlwind

The lion was still near them, stalking. Crazed against its cautionary nature.

White Space

We can be naked in black light, the smell of unwash and old pot.

Wild Snow

My job requires me to make things disappear like a Vegas magician.

Willamette Shipyard Blues

Oh they pay me well. I make a small fortune. Yes they pay me well.

Windward Ho!

Dad is catnip to the lady residents. He’s tall and lean, plus he’s got all his hair.

Wings, 1999

América, make me wings large enough to carry me back and forth.

Winter Dreams

Dexter was unconsciously dictated to by his winter dreams.

Women from Mars

He never stopped reminding me that I was born in Harmony, Georgia.

Work

You’re going to have a difficult life if you can’t figure out where to stand.

Worksong

No one else ever seemed to mind working side-by-side a murderer.

Writer’s Cottage

Something is wrong with that place. Someone’s still there . . .

Writing

Literary gatherings are a nightmare because writers have no shop talk.

Years of Experience with Bows and Arrows

You’re supposed to hit is the bull’s-eye, that black spot, precise spot.

Yeats on Wilde

“The basis of literary friendship is mixing the poisoned bowl.”

Yokai

“Ki o tsukete!” she called, and he knew the words. Be careful.

You Are Merely Part of This

You’ve seen her almost every day, going to and from the gardens.

You Can’t Keep Going Like This

Not the Olympics, the guard said. Just chuck yourself down the tube.

Youth

“O youth! The strength of it, the faith of it, the imagination of it!”