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Advice for the Couple, Needing Several Takes to Reach the Point

Advice for the Couple, Needing Several Takes to Reach the Point

—much like David Fincher, famous for torturinghis film sets with shot after shot after shot,who may be a strange name to invokehere on this reverent occasion of love,known as he is for such romantic filmsas Fight Club, Zodiac, and Girlwith the Dragon Tattoo, whenin truth, there isn’t anything to be learnedabout commitment that a good …

Afterlife

Afterlife

At the end of the memory, you forgot to close the door. You hear the neighborhood children playing hide-and-go-seek outside in the yard, calling Come out, come out, as if still looking for you. But where are you now? Is this your house? Did you place the cherries on the counter? Is that blood or …

Lunar Eclipse, Date Unknown

Lunar Eclipse, Date Unknown

I used to take photos of everything because I couldn’t remember. I took photos of the first crocus of spring, clasped hands and snow on eyelashes, a dog on the street with sad eyes. One night, I held my phone up to a Blood Moon and took photo after photo, all of them wrong. We’re …

Corrosion

Corrosion

Everything softened, edgeless, peacefully geometric:the fence posts wearing elbows of white, the pool cover snow-smothered, the bird feeder topped with a delicate hat,no birds attempting a December refueling.The truth—it was always the squirrels who ate best, plumping themselves on what they stole. I’ve seen them hurtle their tight little bodiesfrom my shingles, latching to the …

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