Category Archives: The Next Chapter

Last night I dreamed ten thousand grandmothers from the twelve hundred corners of the earth walked out into the gap one breath deep between the bullet and the flesh between the bomb and the family. They told me we cannot … Continue reading →

One winter, I became very quiet and saw my life. It was February and outside in the city streets, snow fell but would not collect.

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell … Continue reading →

I buried my father in the sky. Since then, the birds clean and comb him every morning and pull the blanket up to his chin every night. I buried my father underground. Since then, my ladders only climb down, and … Continue reading →

Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud! Like a light-fleeting meteor, a fast-flitting cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the … Continue reading →

Was it like lifting a veil And was the grass treacherous, the green grass   Did you think of your own mother   Was it like a virus Did the software flicker   And was this the beginning Was it … Continue reading →