As worn out as a shellac record and just as brittle, I’ve got my mug shot stamped in a book of wraiths. continue reading
Tag: death
I’m not a bad person
Life insurance covers the event of death, but what insures me in the event of life? So far, I keep my hands above the table, even though most of the time I have no idea what to do with them. continue reading
an elegy on the death of a decent middle-aged man
you know that you have lost when you come to a singles’ night out and there are more than twice as many men as women, the latter being either your daughter’s or your mother’s age. ... continue reading
the dying flame does not sleep at night
night intervals measured by dreams and physiology bring the brevity of fate, this ironic courtesan, ... continue reading
nine-eleven
first, nineteen men killed two thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven people. then the “war on terror” began, which has ... continue reading
hidden pilcrow 