Archive for April, 2011

Friday, April 15th, 2011

The Ladder

THE LADDER …and behold the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. —Genesis 28:12 1. Denial                 When our little angel came home one night with wings, we thought nothing of it. She had always been crafty and cloud-light, her blue uniform hanging like frosting on fluff [...]

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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Blue-Grey Place

BLUE-GREY PLACE every morning the same morning      the same squawk of the ironing board unfolding      the clink of spoon against bowl      his oatmeal like tar      sugarless      the same voices spilling over it      midwestern dialects most bland therefore most pleasing to that secret place [...]

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