He slowly shuffles into the office, his left leg a step behind him. At the previous visit, wrinkled hands rolled up the leg of his pants to show me the long ravine scars. “One remindah, even tho I no like remembah,” he said. “Vietnam wen fuck me up real good.” We both sit down, and…

A first marathon Add big-feet, small-shoes conceit– Yield bunion baptism.

“Uncle, you get bird doo-doo on your head.” “What? How can.” He went check in da mirror. “No mo!” “April Fool!” “Ah, you went trick me. April Fu Day, eh?. You know, da fu always important.” “Da fool?” “Dey da only one who can tell da king, he one ass-hole. Nobody can tell da high…

Let’s hear it forthe fourth month ofthe year, The cruelest month, some say, but I dunno, How could it be, when everywhere I hear The croon ofthrush, offinch, ofcardino? Themonth that gave me to this spinning marble Can’t be the worst one out of allthe twelve, For if it hadn’t spring birds’ velvet warble, Where…

Along some way I’ll find someone, my Love Together may we by our fates attach Together may we both forever prove We’ll last through time this time a timeless match Whatever hardships we untimely meet Let’s never let our union fall apart Let’s never on each other ever cheat Let never hearts attach to other…

Okay, even though April Fool’s Day is past, it’s still going to be one of the topics for this month. And we’re going up again. So, you can either write a haiku or a piece that is exactly 100 words long or you can accept the great challenge of writing a piece that is exactly…

So why you gotta wear green? So Andrew no punch me. So you wear green and walk around all day scared dat Andrew going punch you? Yeah. What about da uddah days? You not scared Andrew going punch you? No. Still scared. So if you wear green, Andrew not going punch you? Maybe. You not…

Two burning, barking, wheezing days and nights of Musterole and mustard plaster, Time to get serious: Five fat cloves of raw garlic, dipped in coarse salt, and chewed thoroughly. My eyes flooding, nose gushing, she’d spoon two big fingers of fresh honey into a clear glass tumbler and add hot water. “Now stir,” she’d say,…

A toast to love’s forever-lasting days If once it will be found then may it stay Undying vows held to unswerving ways Eternal celebration come what may For all who clasp it long love shines upon No someday darken-tossed nor fortune-dimmed Sweet warbled is one’s prospect-tendered song Great comfort in eternal hours untrimmed But if…