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Of Marriage, of Glass Gardens

Once upon a time, a couple wandered in a glass forest, hand in hand.

Oh You Little Faith

What if it does choose, the egg, I mean, her favorite spermatozoon.

Oil

I sometimes have to laugh because even now, as a middle-aged man.

Old Bed

Coil of metal, coin of wood, two-headed and soft in the middle.

Old Will Road

For days after she left him, he roamed the house, unable to function.

On Birdsong

The hymn that’s resurrected from the hymnal aspires to the spiritual.

On Luck: A Screenwriter’s Education

I found it impossible not to imagine a radiant future for myself.

On Marriage

The proper qualities of each sex are eternally surprising to the other.

On Nancy Hale’s “Flotsam”

This is a crafty story and things are not what they seem to be.

On Poetry

Poets need to be
in constant touch with the extremes of feeling.

On the Decay of the Art of Lying

An awkward, unscientific lie is often as ineffectual as the truth.

On the Line

“How is it fair that you know who I am but I have to guess about you?”

On to Baghdad

He could see I was American, but I thought he was unlikely to harm me.

One

Laurie Saurborn Young

One at a Time

Her top lip lingered behind, pressed between his. They were soaked.

One Pound Sterling

The hut was cluttered with the skulls and bones of small animals.

Only a Lover

Order and gardens. Penelope liked things to grow just as they would.

Only in Things

How do wheels and wind-trash weave us into wakefulness?

Only When

As a shadow I arouse you will you believe the truth of my mouth.

Oppressive Nights

Not long after Christmas, the smoke really hit Melbourne.

Order, Discipline, and Decorum

I broke up fights, bandaged cuts, fielded calls from parents, and sat with the sad or depressed.

Ordinary Heaven

I have many dreams, I say. In my dreams I am better than myself.

Osby

He’s gonna change the way we farm around here. Make it more like India.

OTP

Is there some one way a guy should be on his wedding day, dickwad?

Our Weapons

The rifle slams into my shoulder. Smoke pummels the air.

Out of Body

I don’t need to consult a healer to feel the aura glowing around us.

Out to Lunch

“Out to lunch,” she learns from an older colleague, is a euphemism.

Outside

The architect is twice my age and owns an ivy-covered house.

Over Easy

I was never nonchalant. I was more intense than Kirk Douglas.

Overcast

Eight years, and she was ready to call it quits. They were both ready.