If the World Ended Tonight
So this is it, it seems. In the time that remains, I want to see smiles, as many as I can. On the two faces that I love the most:...
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- Apr 9, 2017
- 1 min
Richard Parker, the Stuffed Tiger
"Dear Santa," my daughter wrote, "this is what I would like for Christmas. A stuffed animal tiger" Then she named a few books and...
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- Apr 8, 2017
- 1 min
Obervations (Pillow Book)
PLEASING THINGS An egg sandwich composed of an egg with salt and freshly ground pepper sprinkled on top, between two slices of soft wheat...
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- Apr 8, 2017
- 1 min
"Gratitude Journal"
To those who sat out this election, thank you. Thank you for your apathy. Thank you for your self-absorption. Thank you for not getting...
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- Apr 8, 2017
- 1 min
The Prize
It was a singing contest. The last letter of the first person's song would need to be the first letter of the next person's song....
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- Apr 8, 2017
- 1 min
Ode to My Coat
Your lined pockets Deep as a cozy arm chair A secure haven For my cold fingers Your upturned collar stands guard Against the cutting wind...
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- Apr 8, 2017
- 1 min
Nasty Women Vote (but apparently it wasn't enough)
5:30 AM Time to get up. Took a shower and dressed Packed two lunches For her and her son. 615 AM Wake up, Mijo Time to get ready for...
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- Apr 8, 2017
- 3 min
Triptych for Tarif (pre-election 2016)
Part I. He went to Dubai on a business trip from the US where he lived, and took a few days to visit his mother in Saudi Arabia. When he...
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- Mar 9, 2017
- 1 min
What I Would Do....If
If you, my beloved child Were in harm’s way If you were taken from me And I didn't know where you were If one day, you didn't come home...
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- Mar 9, 2017
- 2 min
Life Changing Letter
The postman always came in the afternoon, after we had had lunch. He would knock on the door, and hand us the mail. I can't recall who...
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- Mar 4, 2017
- 1 min
Sadness (My Sometimes Friend)
Here you are again My sometimes friend You came in the middle of the night I lay awake with you wrapped around my heart And there...
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- Dec 15, 2016
- 4 min
How to Become a Scientist
You start by asking "Why?" repeatedly, from the time you learn to speak. On occasion, for variety, you ask "How?" Eventually, some...
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- Oct 29, 2016
- 2 min
Time Travel (or I Was By Your Side)
I am capable of instantaneous travel, of transporting myself anywhere in seconds. Thursday May 7, 2009. I travel from Sunnyvale,...
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- Oct 29, 2016
- 1 min
Mother
When I was a child Through raging fevers Chickenpox Measles Coughs and colds Tonsillectomy You were always there Gentle and kind...
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- Oct 10, 2016
- 3 min
Durian (an experiment)
In San Francisco, there is a restaurant in Chinatown on Washington Street at Kearny called Penang Garden. It serves...
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- Oct 1, 2016
- 4 min
To Sleep... (But Please, Hold the Dreams!)
Short version. A couple of months ago, I had a dream that starting out pleasantly enough and then became very disturbing. It has stayed...
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- Sep 9, 2016
- 1 min
Halley's Comet
Halley’s comet last appeared in 1986. My father, trained in mathematics, is fond of astronomy and woke up to see it in the middle of the...
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- Apr 9, 2016
- 1 min
Glowing Serpent
There you are, inches away Glowing irresistibly through the gorilla glass, tough and durable they say, I have broken three. Oleophobic so...
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- Apr 9, 2016
- 3 min
Heathrow circa 2002 (or The Power of a Word)
I had navigated the long and confusing walkways at London’s Heathrow airport, arriving finally at the security checkpoint which would...
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- Dec 9, 2009
- 5 min
City of Joy, City of Dust. "Freedom Song" by Amit Chaudhuri
"Daily," Amit Chaudhuri writes, "Calcutta disintegrates, unwhispering, into dust, and daily it rises from dust again." Calcutta, home to...
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