The US Senate’s Rule XIX, which dates back to 1902, states that a US Senator cannot insult their colleagues. In high school I took AP Comparative Government where we watched compilation videos of MPs booing loudly, making rude comments, and openly mocking members of the other party. I often wished
I returned the comic book to the store. “Sorry, I don’t care for refrigerator women.” Sticking us in the freezer, defining “frigidity,” making martyrs of the “meats.” “Sorry, I can’t read this.” Some superhero sidepiece broke
After Unclouded Day I find the hidden place in the wildflowers where the wind sighs down from the deep pine hills and breathes through the valleys where the blossoms growthick and the air is damp. The earthrests cold beneath my fingers as I sink into the tangled embrace of soil and grass. The sky
Rain catches on the windows as green blurs against most of my sight. I steal glimpses of umber bark and for a momentI mistake the forest for his eyes. The light dotting of houses within the trees pulls me from the safety of the train car into the blazingisolation and wild myth of the highlands. [&he
Act I. Have pity on me.My eyes have grown dim with grief;my whole frame is but a shadow.My days have passed, my plans are shattered.Yet the desires of my heartturn night into day.My relatives have gone away;my closest friends have forgotten me.Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,by the thick darkn
Slide your drink across the table, child. Talk through a cigarette hanging off of your chapped, and faded lips. Eat with your hands, you frail beast, while whiskey seeps into the unpolished wood flooring. Animalistic brutality; it is your nature, it is not mine. So, while you sit here, and thr
