it’s the 19th century. in our heavy cotton white night gowns i check my sister’s hair and see bugs in it. if her hair has bugs, then mine does too. i put her to bed and go look at myself in the mirror. the lantern behind me makes the mirror dark. i’m not at all […]
Tag: field
Seth finds me in an abandoned rusty car parked under a tree in a field. he’s on his way to deliver food. i get out and we embrace. i’m so freaking happy to see him after all these years. but we have no time to catch up. he gives me a $20 bill and tells […]
ann is showing me the wedding invitations. she wants to make sure they are alright. they are so very ugly. pads of thin yellow and pink ruled paper, like those that came in cheap 80’s notebook sets, cut into cutesie shapes that unfold like paper dolls. the paper is so thin the ink from the […]
i am applying for a job at NU. i write to the hiring manager to tell her that I know there is a rumor about something I did but that, if given the time, I can explain how it was better for the organization that I did it. This pisses off the President who happens […]
i’m looking at a class i want to register for. it’s with a professor i like and they are reading a book that i’ve always wanted to read but i don’t need the class and i’ll be home with my family for part of the term. will i be able to read 1,080 pages if […]
i was looking for work. going from business to business to ask about openings. i was way out in the country and headed to another stop. the business was a white building down a long gravel driveway. i stopped at the fence posts and looked out across the field. it was a beautiful sunrise. the […]
we have no money but we’ve somehow come into owning a house. it’s falling apart. the wood siding is rotting, the paint was worn off years ago. but the big farm house is ours. we move in – me, my mother, my ex, some other people that have nowhere to go. the house is cold […]
