She runs energetically, youthfully, & playfully across the seemingly never-ending meadow – with overgrown grass the color of shamrocks –...

The forest floor – it is covered with fallen Autumn leaves, fallen twigs and branches – and fallen trees - The mosses and the grasses...

“Red is too simple a word – it is too common to be used for such an occasion! Instead – I pronounce you scarlet – no, I pronounce you...

“It would be very nice if you woke up now”, I say as I hold his hand within mine – as I’ve held his hand within mine every day for weeks...

I wake up in my own vomit – It’s on my shirt - it is all over much of my pants and all over the floor around me – it’s beneath me – I’ve...

My mother speaks softly – yet, with urgency and with passion – her mouth very close to my ear So I will clearly hear her – so I might...

A Styrofoam cup, crushed ice (perfect) and lemonade – it’s freshly squeezed… The man with the greasy hair smiles at me with an...

“…and nobody wants to hear about it anyway”, she says ____ She lifts her drink slowly to her mouth as the ice cubes angrily clink against...

He bounces the ball in my direction – and I bounce it back to him ____ Our days and nights consist of jumping on backyard trampolines,...

He lived one street over – his name was Edward… He was what we knew then as “retarded.” [my eyes drip liquid regret and shame as I write...