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GENEROSITY

GENEROSITY                “Do you want the rest of my cereal?” my youngest son asks.                “I do!” I answer.                Every meal, he always leaves a bite.  Every  meal, I gladly finish his plate.                We both know that it’s a game, that if he leaves a bite and I eat it, he is freed […]

POEM IN DREAM

               6:30, I wake my youngest son.  He is still in bed, eyes closed, and under sheets; but his mind is alert and moving.                “I’m writing a poem,” he tells me from his bed.                “That’s awesome!” I respond.                “I was writing it in my dream,” his eyes still closed.                “I’ll leave […]

SPELLBOUND

               Practical magic: isn’t that what it was?  Love and lust.  Enchantment, captivation, spellbinding of another into fulfillment of one’s will—or giving of self to theirs.                She felt it then in entrance to room, wind stir of blow through window’s open that danced the cream-toned drapes of window’s frame; pulse of light in mauve […]