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Writings

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

Day 68

they gave me a little pill so they could rip from my mouth a word hoarder –a shell of stories – my having tossed caution to the wind...

Day 67

what would you do, heart 
without a cell phone ringing 
or me texting and snapping and retrieving
one hundred and fifty times a day?

...

Day 66

grief is a quiet color - 
 gardenia who lost her scent - 
a reckoning.

 grief is without an hour - 
has no second hand -
 the face on a...

Day 65

at union square i always carry tiny wads of cash to give to men in doorways for whom no doors are open. they are always much too gracious...

Day 64

when i reached for the moon and fell out of the crib i was moved to lower ground. when i fell out of the tree and broke my ankle i said...

for Yvonne

i cannot say why it should be okay to have faith drawn out on a limb hanging mid air as if some sort of reconciling could warrant what's...

Day 63

people are dying - and also there is cancer like a maniac bully breaking our hearts. i wanted to feel something - one time for...

Day 62

for your birthday we poured martinis - threw fresh dough on a pizza stone and marveled at the magic of heat and cheese. just a few of us,...

Day 61 - For Yvonne

i cannot say why it should be okay to have faith drawn out on a limb hanging mid air as if some sort of reconciling could warrant what's...

Day 60 - For Sarah

in the evenings, when even the bones are tired and every bit of energy that could be conjured has been - there is still a young rapper in...

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

These transcripts were translated from audio and may not entirely reflect the written version.

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