friday evening. crowd at the liquor store.with an armful of bottles she walked, all round and royal, to the checkout.maybe she’s having a dinner party, soon she’d be among friends and raising glasses.the bottle closest to me was priced $2.99, that one would be her cooking wine, poured over beef and flavored with star anise,… Continue reading warehouse wines & spirits, 10003 (v2)
Month: June 2007
warehouse wines & spirits, 10003 (v1)
she waddled over to the checkout line labelled CREDIT CARD ONLY with her three bottles.“these are all red, right?” she asked the cashier, who held them up to the fluorescent light to check. it’s strange that a mistake in color can amount to a completely different taste. the price tag on one of her bottles… Continue reading warehouse wines & spirits, 10003 (v1)
clarity vs richness
brown shoes.brown socks, inappropriate for summer.brown pants.brown hair, warming up in the sun. do you find that writing by hand helps? the society of outdoor cafe #777 organizes itself into ones and twos. children attached to these groupings may number from 0 to n, however they are not counted. i am so proud that my brother… Continue reading clarity vs richness
one by one
i went to the museum with a friend the other day and noticed streaks of gray hair, new to me since i last saw her. we ambled through the exhibit at the pace of her daughter, who plodded around in baby steps and occasionally asked “ou-side?” my friend also had new gestures, holding out an… Continue reading one by one
<160 mine all mine
i won’t open my mouth no more, keepin my flavors to myselfi’m not playin around no more, so skip your turn-it’s a hard stain to remove but the anger has to go
free
the most effective birth control pills are the ones with a side effect that cuts sex drive down at the knees, a nice clean cut. entire afternoons spent embroidering napkins, not the sanitary kind but the table linen. none of the flowers are perfect, some creases always remain in the material despite ironing at the… Continue reading free
bad moods can stain, part I
n the city where i was born, it is believed that bad moods are a kind of pollution. they say that dank, shadowy places are breeding grounds for ill will, like still pools of water that encourage mosquitos to lay their eggs. arguments are said to leave traces of soot long after the hurt has… Continue reading bad moods can stain, part I
dreams come true
packed cafe. she had to step around tables piled hight with used plates to arrive at the couch where her two friends sat as far apart from one another as possible. kicking off her shoes, she squeezed between them. she was late and they didn’t know one another. after a three-second introduction they seemed confident… Continue reading dreams come true
no granola
a little hole formed in the curtain that separates fresh yogurt from spoiled curds. the expiration date began to leak through. on monday, i noticed all the tubs and cups of yogurt in the grocery store were only seven days away from going bad. i splurged on a thick greek yogurt and ate it right… Continue reading no granola