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Word-Fucked
1 In a train, say, watching a barn slide the length of my parallelogram, I annotate.
May 2
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April 2026
The Answer Man
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Apr 4
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March 2026
Gods Have No Shame
On No Kings Day
Mar 28
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The Cost of War: The Price of Gas
for Anna
Mar 15
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February 2026
Chipman Hill
Chipman Hill isn’t moving an inch today, not budging a minisecond of its coordinates nor a mite of its height, it stands transfixed in its three axes…
Feb 1
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January 2026
In the Dark
We leave Friday evening after dinner my father drives, my mother chats and sighs and turns around to shush at Sue and me fighting our usual war for…
Jan 10
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December 2025
Dragonfly
Cold Spring Pond continued
Dec 27, 2025
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The Muck
The Cold Spring pond, part 2
Dec 20, 2025
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The Cold Spring Pond
1. My mother tells me it’s against the law to pick, or even touch a Cardinal Flower. My father nods his solemn imprimatur.
Dec 13, 2025
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Mr. Mucus
“I’d really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out.” Megyn Kelly, re…
Dec 6, 2025
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November 2025
Screaming
Why can’t they hear it? Or they’re being polite, pretending not to? Or they’re stone deaf from too much listening! You hear it, don’t you? Maybe you…
Nov 29, 2025
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The Ride Home
Driving home from my psychiatrist’s office I come to the realization that I would benefit by having a self to turn to when things get rocky.
Nov 22, 2025
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