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Championship point

The air is still As the sun sends Shimmering waves of heat Across the court, The bounce and the throw The pounding feet, The determined belief, Punctuated only by the thwack

Names for the hours of the day

1 The hour of rebirth 2 The hour of oneness 3 The hour of learning 4 the hour of the sun 5 The hour of truth 6 The hour of wonder 7 The hour of compassion 8 The hour of awakening

Reinvention

Susan. Why was she called Susan? When she could have been anything, when so much rests on a name, why Susan?
Cherry

A Coney Island Saturday with Sidney Green

Betty sat in the back of Sidney Green’s taxi and poured out a glass of iced tea. ”Here ya go,” said Betty.

Two trains

Sunday, late afternoon, Leaving on time, But leaving too soon, Pulling apart, Out of the station, Different direction, Different location. Chugging, straining, Dragging their heels,
Cherry

The Rise

When my body hit the pavement I could have sworn I heard laughter. Was it the guy who just ran the stop sign and plowed into me?

Dirty Secret

Read on if you want to know a dirty secret!

Us and Them

An unusually soft piece for me

Flustered

Flustered time drives the world: Ineptitude wrangles in its hold, Birth breaks its course unseen, Tumbling past Pluto’s gate. Human heads stir in fallow patches,