Writing

The mortgage payments will be temporarily stopped, but interest will grow. ‘The cost of doing business,’ the lady says. ‘What business,’ I think. They will grow rich from our lack. The credit card company keeps me on hold for an hour and a half. I hang up. Without permission, I won’t pay. My kids’ music […]

My 15 year old hugs li’l bro, gives him the best spot on the couch. The #s in a column on the government website become 1 tear in my right eye. A man I’ve never met lends my son 1 kick drum when his breaks. He climbs 3 steps, leaves it on my front porch. […]

My brother said, artists aren’t going anywhere. We have always been here and we always will be.

Am I important? The world is small and too big. My backyard is all.