Vessel
When Naomi takes a breath, she thinks You’re breathing for two now, and the nausea this causes is strong enough to ripple through her body, shuddering her legs, making her…
Regret • Much more than sculptures and poetry
Regretnone of us could tellwhy he'd even gotten married. he talked of lifeconstantly, and especiallysingle life, with the relish of a manwho is peeling the wax paperfrom a steaming and…
Enter the Hype House
I’m in the hype house of Doc Animal, one of the biggest YouTubers on the planet, here to cover for my employer—some semi-defunct New York magazine—a day in the life…
When Motherhood Entails Python Maintenance
On the drive to the reptile store, I contemplate motherhood —My role in cojoined lives includes taking my son to purchasefrozen rats for his beloved diamond python, Glory, whose shedsare…
Taming the green
• We build our past together, each day a new country
Taming the greenOn the far wall, flurry of bird shadows, slow awakening after ages. Where does light go when it scattersat the edge of everything that choseform, over conveying meaning?This…
The Wives’ Lounge
“I’m sorry, ma’am. This pass is expired,” says the officer. He passes my card back, green eyes slit in suspicion, and scratches his jaw, probably itchy from the patchwork of…
Liturgy • Gone
LiturgyHe has been parked in his armchairfor three years wearing two hats,a knit for warmth over a visorfor the lamp’s glare stacked on his headlike a miter for a bishop…
The Witch’s Berceuse
Victoria isn’t the name she was born with, but the name she seized at swordpoint. She was only a girl of six when she brandished her mother’s rapier in Sunday…
Foster Fail
Eyes wide,head crouched low,back arched, hair standing on end;it is difficult to approacha feral cat.It is difficultto convince them you mean no harm–that you will nothurt them.Slow moving handsleave more…
LaFayette • Stendhal Syndrome
LaFayette We climbed acacia trees as kidsand ate the white flower buds whileresting on their boughs. Saccharine memoriesmelted away betwixt our fingersin a trough of bubbly mule milk. As an…