I Had a Car Like Me Once
QUESTION: If you were a car, what kind of car would you be? An old classic? Something like the 1967 Aston Martin convertible? Maybe the 1968 Mustang GT Fastback? The car most resembling how I’ve been...
View ArticleFinally Understanding Life As Mani A.
I first met Mani A. a few months after my father died when I was fifteen. He appeared from around a blind corner where Wong-Su restaurant and Teddy’s Tavern meet like a knife’s edge. He was a...
View ArticleOne Step Forward, Two Steps Back
A few weeks ago I was incapable of simply managing daily routines such as bathing; I couldn’t process dual stimuli so if I was brushing my teeth and a faucet was turned on my attention went to the...
View ArticleHeartache . . .
Heartache . . . That mysteriously deep thawing of hope; that dank, on-going, torrential rain; that ache which hasn’t surfaced in almost 40 years; that ache of loneliness, of silence, of early dusks and...
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