her silent sighs weigh their pale yellow curtsies. she lies in the alfalfa field and listens to their tiny cymbals beat feverishly and shower sweet and sugar upon her cheek. she turns the other cheek. her darkened eyes open, and two by two, the butterflies float along. but she falls deeper. the alfalfa, she pulls…
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Standing in Line at the Bank Behind Big Mama
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Near Mountain View
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Why Philip Volunteers at the Waikiki Aquarium
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Resistance Is (Not Always) Futile
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Money for the Dead
And they collapse into themselves, ten wrinkled women, their curled salt and pepper hair pinned under black kerchiefs. Faded floral blouses and black trousers. Gnarled hands reach for gold and silver paper in a heap around a red candle. Jook boils on the stove and folded money burns a white, wispy river, gently swaying on…
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A Menehune Explains
"Know for yourself, this truth never varies: Menehune are Hawaii's fairies." (Rath writes about Hawaii's fabled folk.)
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Dating: Boundaries and Endings, One and the Same Sometimes
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