After Golgotha

Simon heard rhythmic tapping next door and felt his mouth beginning to smile. It was a good place to stop anyway, as translating thirty pages out of…


“Befriending the Horse,” “The Loneliest Place on Earth,” and “Broken Beautiful”

Befriending the Horse Feelings are like A bucking horse ---You once read--- They pull you This way and that, But, says the author You mustn’t shy…


“A New Normal,” “There Go I,” “That Mewling Babe,” and “On the Beach”

A New Normal “God, you’re so normal!” You know it’s meant as a subtle dig, But you want to laugh And celebrate a pyrrhic victory. They would not…


Just Like Jackie

Ima (short for Imaculada, due to the thankfully now outdated Spanish obsession with holy names) watched numbly as the coffin was carried to the…


On the Spectrum

You're not allowed to say "handicapped,” "disabled," or downright "weird.” You've got to say, they're "on the spectrum.” You know: the "A" word. Yep,…


You Can’t Touch Me

The first time you flipped was at a bus stop;             it was dark, the street was…