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Monkeywrenching in Lower Alabama and Other Confessions
I seek relief in Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge on the day Trump tells four women of color to go back to where they came from. I walk the gravelly path, canopies of live oaks and loblollies shading the way – cicadas in full song … Continue reading Monkeywrenching in Lower Alabama and Other Confessions
Perdido Key, July 2018
Let me feel the faith of hermit crabs waiting for the tide’s return. Let me be renewed by a fisherman walking to the surf near sunrise. Each day. Each morning. To the voice chirping, “You are not enough,” I sing in kind, … Continue reading Perdido Key, July 2018
A Light Lunch
Between the gumbo and the beer, we map our funerals on a paper tablecloth at Fisherman’s Corner. Our waitress remembers us from May. “Kids are the ones who scribble on the sheet,” she says, “Aren’t you the one who bit into a pearl?” “Yeah, it’s … Continue reading A Light Lunch
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