She closed the book, placed it on the table, and finally, decided to walk through the door. How could an estate sale list get any sadder, she thought? Making her way up the dark stairs to the bleak rooftop, she reviewed the list in her mind. “Baby shoes, new. Never worn. $2” “Various romantic movies,…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
My Life as a Fraction
“My Life as a Fraction” Fraction: “I tell you, it’s hard being 9/2 (that’s 9 over 2) because everyone is always trying to convert you. I mean, I don’t want to be a Mixed Number, I want to be myself. Some people even go so far as to call me 4 and one half!!! Can…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
Drum Party
I can’t remember wakening to the sound of birds before, ever. It was a minor surprise that the already warm tropical sun hadn’t done it earlier, or, as I slowly focused my thoughts, the crashing waves on the nearby shoreline. Those, I soon discovered, were infinitely unimportant observations compared to the ones my sand filled…