For Sale: Cursèd Object, Never Cleaned
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Nothing Separates You
Nothing’s between you, so nothing separates you.
Dōngzhì
Winter feeds on the body, first the ears, then the nose, fingers, toes.
Betobeto Teketeke
I’m going to tell you a story, but on one condition: it must be read out loud.
Digital Ghouls
Ciphers flicker and spin like firemoths in the lambent glow // Bending and twisting in cyclone contortions // Trembling at the touch of my haptic caress
House—Unpainted
A house down the street catches my attention. It sits half painted, the other half peeling white, with a quarter of the driveway paved. The cracks are still visible. A shadow passes by one window in the upper level. It looks like my daughter. I know it can’t be. I left her shadow inside the new house.
Departed
You float through our house to the sky // black with your skeleton storms.
King’s Suit
You need fine clothes to make the man.
The Casket House
Charlotte Ephram, the bereaved widow, moves with her young son into the mansion of an estranged uncle.
With Love, Aunt Mercedes
Why would Jocelyn’s favorite aunt and uncle send her a doll from Italy?