Crevasse
One day there’ll be a reactor meltdown. The seas will swelter in a vicious response
My Experience as a Black Man and Prospective Juror In San Francisco’s Hallowed Halls of Justice
It was a rainy and blustery Tuesday morning. Clutching a white, large-canopied umbrella, with rainwater splashing around my footsteps, I...
Fast or Slow
In the middle of the crowded highways Looking at the busy fast vehicles I think Nobody seems to care for...
Candle Man
His opulent flame burns with an optimistic flow, spurs pirouetting memories in a room that’s dim;
This Date in UCSF History: Whistleblower Describes Tragic ‘Study’
[Originally published in Synapse on Jan. 20, 1994.] In a Jan. 12 talk at UCSF, Peter Buxton described his efforts...
Nudity and Clothing in Monkeys, Scientists and Vaccines: What it Reveals and What it Hides
Why is the Western scientist always clothed? What would happen if science was conducted, metaphorically, in the nude ? Thinking...
the mermaiden
my roses are yellow, as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden,
Life's No Less Than 32
Lately I've been relating life to dentistry and I don't find much difference between the two.
Liberation
As I sit behind the wheel, knuckles pink and white, fingers clenched. I roll my windows down, the August night...