All day I dream of being free
The sun is out The DJ’s on But the most profound Is when it’s all gone
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 through...
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...