nights as a boy often went like this I remember sprinting home from school, throwing my backpack down and bundling up in my toque and jacket. A flurry of boots and mitts, I sprinted back across the street to the parking lot. Where, on the daily, magic happened. Usually me and a buddy or two, …
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getting closure
I tend to hold on. Sometimes, too tightly. And in a moment where control, any control, is a darting fly, daggering here and there, unpredictable. so much is beyond us But, what is not beyond us, today, is a morning trip to the park. We meander towards the entrance. All is in order, under control. …
abundance
At first, I’m not sure what to say I wander through the produce section, and it all feels foreign but familiar at the same time. Perhaps it’s the four-odd years’ absence from these stores that has made my heart grow. I’m awestruck, at what is here, in front of me. Almost ripe, immaculate avocados, impossibly …
steady, now
drip At first the faucet has a spartan – yet not beyond notice – leak. At first. drip The reports begin here and there News outlets making a couple extra bucks with a couple extra baits. drip Wuhan has shut things down. People in China can’t leave their homes. drip First case in Korea. First …
cubed
The ramen shop is perfect for these times It’s late, or early, depending on how you look at it. And we need noodles. We step off the street and pass through a deserted lobby. A flight of red stairs and a quick bend, and we’re passing under the hanging red fabric marking the entrance. Irrashaimasse! …
Undaunted
the alley is impossible Impossibly narrow, impossibly long, and impossibly home, to hundreds. Elephant is undaunted. His used new bike has opened all options It offers the impossible Shows him what could be He pauses, sizing up, weighing possibility Are you sure you want to go that way? It’s pretty tight He doesn’t respond, just …
all i’ve got today
It’s an exhausting decision. And its been on our minds all week. Should we stay or should we go The warnings from the embassy pile up, each new notice layering on top, and we’re the princesses on a pea, shifting and uncomfortable In countries where commercial departure options remain available, U.S. citizens who live in …
buzzard
The echo catches me as I approach the lake At first, I’m not sure where it’s coming from or what it might be. A massive hive of ornery bees A power drill prepped for duty A downed power line A drone, preparing to buzz the tower All seem unrealistic, or at least misguided When I …
canned
Four perfect, round, stainless, large silver cylinders invite wonder Hollow cans offer a peek through, if you find the proper angle. Randomly scattered against a rapidly oxidizing fence, snaking the perimeter of the lake, they grab my eye, here and there. I notice one can. Then, meters later, another. And then, a few paces forward, …
Hai
We don’t push too hard Making our way around the 17k loop, endless coffee shops, conical hatted flower sellers, the mist-shrouded lake always on our right On a clear day, we can see straight across. Today, the mist encompasses all. But, even today, there is so much to see here We pause at the ornate, …
Get Up Eight 