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  • Trust Life

    My parents raised meto distrust life.Despite their religious grounding–or perhaps because of it–life loomed, imperiously sinister.      "The world's a horrible place,    and we are horrible people." Enough. I shall trust life.I shall affirm and embracethe peace and loveat… Continue reading

  • At MacDonald’s

    As I eat a cheeseburger and friesat my local MacDonald's,an employee works on all fours,equipped with a bucket, two ragsand a folded piece of cardboard to protect her knees. Like me, she's in midlife.And I, as I slowly chew my… Continue reading