Deity
Travelling by train from Paris to Milan,
Spooked and saddened from too much movement;
My uneasy rest was cut short by the customs official demanding my passport
I had been in one of those sleeps which do not let go …
Simple Pleasures
Seventy-Five Cents
Grew up on Indianapolis’ southeast side, near the now-vanished Twin-Aire Drive-In. Moved to Bloomington where the Hoosier hippies were, then moved to Ohio. Been in Maine since 2012. My novel RUSTY got
Fireflies
Stella Omega
My daughter was a stay-awake baby. Sometimes, to shorten the process, we would load her in the car and drive out into the lyrical Pennsylvania countryside, watching the colors of night gather in the sky, the green trees …