"Smile wide!", he says.

I do, uncomfortably
around the new plastic
wedged screamingly-tight in my mouth.

"Yeah," he says,
his own porcelain-perfect smile
plastered rigid
even as his tone droops.

"It looks better than it did ( Read more... )

Maybe you know,
maybe you don't -

My mother is wild
and always has been.

She's in her 70s,
living alone
100 miles away
in the backwoods
of the backwoods.

She recently bought a hobbit house
to feel "comfortable" when visiting
the suburban backyard we bought from her ( Read more... )

We have a large piece of property ( Read more... )

That is the conundrum ( Read more... )

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Once upon a time,
I lived in the past.

The Pasts.......
( Pasts,.... )

I fell asleep last night ( Read more... )

In my head, I have been walking around like a zombie for weeks ( Read more... )

And always bring a towel ( Read more... )