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A Proof of Fate
Posted by yoursinwriting in Articles on December 1st, 2000
Philosophical insights and scientific paradigms seem to occur instantaneously, but they are actually the accumulated steam from a mind long heated by thousands of other ideas, all whispering, “warmer… warmer… warmer….”
Three Sugar Packets
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on November 1st, 2000
I forget what you wore
maybe overalls
maybe the sweater I eventually ruined
it doesn’t matter now
She Comes Like a Child
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on November 1st, 2000
She comes like a child
shocked and shy
by the wracking rhythm
the ungentle honesty
of a skin trying to give birth to itself
The Snowy River Game
Posted by yoursinwriting in Stories on April 10th, 1999
They offer their attention now for ours later, when there will be wine and dark and the light of a foreign moon. An ancient and civilized compromise.
Loora
Posted by yoursinwriting in Stories on March 23rd, 1999
The popping of bedsprings as I moved my legs over the side of my bunk, the heavy thump as I dropped down beside her. Someone would wake. Foil an espionage of flesh.
Four Men
Posted by yoursinwriting in Stories on March 15th, 1999
We agree on English, so that we will all know a few words, how to apologize. We speak slowly, pause often, move our hands, look at each other, smile.
Cricket, Aussie-style
Posted by yoursinwriting in Stories on March 13th, 1999
We met for breakfast here in King’s Cross, then she gave me a driving tour of some of the more renowned areas of the city (some more than once–one way streets can be confusing).
Attack of the Gaijin
Posted by yoursinwriting in Articles on March 4th, 1999
Note to future vistors to Japan: the Japanese take their gift-giving and receiving very seriously.
Since Calgary
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on February 15th, 1999
I can hear you turning under covers
like a question asked again
Niagara-On-The-Lake
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on September 1st, 1995
I laughed at the time, but she was right
She would never see me again
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