April 2, 2026
I thought tonight would be easy.
Their plan was simple,
but it all depended on me.
What if it went wrong,
someone recognised me —
drew attention to my cover?
What would I do?
April 1, 2026
March 27, 2026
March 26, 2026
“I ain’t gonna park in front of an access ramp!”
Brightly, she repeats, “Again! I ain’t gonna park in front of an access ramp!”
March 24, 2026
The list goes on, and each day I look at my calendar,
glad for these events
and the ones to come,
but as for decorations,
I’ll keep them in boxes this year.
March 23, 2026
This exercise
of deleting a year’s worth of emails
that I do
every January…
March 22, 2026
I was late to the party, and by the time I got there, everyone was in various stages of intoxication. I saw that there were some fathers of some of the younger kids there, too. Many of the kids who helped on the show were even younger than the cast, and had to have their parents take them to and from the theatre.
March 21, 2026
I had only been in one show out there before, and that had been in the winter. I wasn’t prepared for the heat, the air, and the humidity that summer and what that experience would bring.
March 20, 2026
It is the middle of March
and a five-foot evergreen tree
lays flat on top of a garbage container.
March 19, 2026
Alim held out his hand and took the shemai. He tried not to eat it quickly. He tried to savor it and make it last, but it disappeared from the paper almost before he had felt its weight in his hands.
March 19, 2026
Someone shouts from inside, “Oh! We’re stuck!”
The voice shouts, “Everybody out! We’ll push!”
March 18, 2026
I wore a clover behind my ear. You laughed and said I was always reaching for luck in the wrong places.