Clanging Futility 
A Demonic Bible Under The Willow Tree 
Never Again Is What We Swore The Time Before 
Congressional Chess Games 
Behind a Punisher Pickup Truck 
Clanging Futility
In the resale shop, I searched for anything that might make some noise. I had in mind a trumpet with...
Environmentalists Against Trump
For far too long, I have hung back in the greyscale of memory, watching the world change around me, watching...
A Demonic Bible Under The Willow Tree
The wind still chilled the creeping things that overwintered in the stems in the field over the fence, and so...
Bagged Fruit
It should have fallen to that slanted ground and rolled downhill or been snatched by the eager hand of a...
Never Again Is What We Swore The Time Before
The mother held the cardboard sign above her head until her muscles ached. She told her son, huddled against her...
Congressional Chess Games
As we sat across the chess board, I noticed that while my opponent began the game with the full retinue...
Amazon’s Sad Sag Into Grocery Store Fascism
Decades ago, Jeff Bezos seemed innovative. His company, Amazon, made it easier to find obscure books that could not be...
The Cucumber Tree of Steam Mill Road
I was delighted to find, walking in the midst of a million orange brown leaves fallen on the floor of...
The Blasphemy of My Paintbrush
I stood staring at the empty paper taped on the wall colored with nothing but white paint, and sketched her...
Meta Gets Unsocial With RayBan Ads
Meta has posted an advertisement on Reddit for its Ray Ban "smart glasses", which are eyeglass frames that enable people...