Monthly Archives: October 2007

Three Houses

Three Houses

1. Every morning and evening, on my way to work and back, I walk past e.e. cummings’ childhood home. I would say the house is …

 

The First Fifty-Degree Day

The First Fifty-Degree Day

The day began cloudy, and the high was fifty-four degrees. I opened all the windows in our apartment and threw on long underwear and a …

 

In This Manner The Problem Was Solved

In This Manner The Problem Was Solved

The first boy who ever liked me would pinch his forearm when he talked to me. Pinch, pinch, pinch, over and over as if he …

 

Nom Nom Nom

Nom Nom Nom

“I thought you said you were going to put his entire head in your mouth.” “What? No way, that’d be disgusting!” “That’s what you said …

 

From The Writer’s Almanac

From The Writer’s Almanac

Someday, I will stop being a tool by reading the poetry that is prescribed to me by Garrison Keillor, Ltd. But until that day, you …