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Writing in October

The slow-falling leaves contain the space of the story I’m pursuing.

Years of Experience with Bows and Arrows

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

Year’s End

At Pompeii the little dog lay curled and did not rise but slept the deeper.

Your Ghost

She was painting a bedroom, trying to be a good mother, wife, Catholic.

Your Mouth, Our Prayer

give me a fish and I will make a necklace of its sharpest bones

Youth

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

Youth

The joy and anguish of youth, captured in two six-word stories.

You’re Part of This Too

It was the way of the world: everybody wanted someone else.

Zee to A

Dr. Zee knows his son is struggling up out of some chemical fog.