by Warren Gaston | Nov 1, 2021
“Tikun Olam”* The house is falling down. Let’s paint the walls. There are termites in the attic which explains water in the basement. The hinges on all doors are frozen halfway. Some think frozen open. Some think frozen shut. Let us redecorate with...
by Warren Gaston | Oct 27, 2021
Being dead is a huge inconvenience for everyone but the dead. Family, both miles-away-people and close-ups under the roof, experience a variety of griefs and unsettled grievances. Verbs decay from active to passive, tenses shift from present to past, pronouns from you...
by Warren Gaston | Oct 23, 2021
That’s what the steering wheel is for, amending the car/road relationship. The road is constant. The car is not. Weaving, veering, drifting, etc. For example, the car too close to the yellow line, or attempting a left-hand turn in traffic, or on a trip to the grocery...
by Warren Gaston | Oct 12, 2021
we are receivers receivers all receivers satellites (envying stars) zing through atmospheric windows distant scenes battering eyes ideational sounds...
by Warren Gaston | Oct 11, 2021
I live downstream from what I have made of my life. In the repose of age, I sit by the stream of memory and watch all that I have saved of my original self and all that I have lost of my original self float by.
by Warren Gaston | Oct 9, 2021
Many things are hard to believe. Truth is one of them.