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The Tractor
The boy smiles upwards at his father, cherub cheeks and a childish grin. The man lifts the child onto his shoulders and mounts the tractor.
Meander
Been drifting along A sea of green. Been free to be, to breathe, to dream
Assiduously
This morning, strolling soddenly down Harmon street, the rain became a sudden shield; with sudden clarity I felt calamity dismissed...
Big Surprise
It was sunrise Nail clipping of a moon, an incisor tooth Peeking and covered again, the colors of the sky...
Introspection
Often, I used to drop by to ask a patient of mine about his mood, and one day he just...
The Infinitely Big in the Infinitely Small
[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest nonfiction category.] The typical existential thoughts of a graduate student drifted through...
apricots & shallots
I think often of the apricots & shallots that I diced in your kitchen last year with a knife you...
Hannah the Ghost
The buttercream needed something. Raspberries? George stirred a spoonful of jam into the bowl and re-tasted. Much better, he thought...
as we made to leave the bagelry
Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest poetry category. we moved through the sentence of the crowd, its fork-plate...
Behind Their Wheels
Fall 2021 “How do you know that a man loves you?” *** Emmanuel had a firm build and rigid posture...