Prayer for Winter’s PassingI am all asunderand have no way to putmyself back togetherthere is no name sewn carefullyon the front of my shirtno buttons eithermy pants creep away from my socksmy socks have new holes in the toesmy morning has driftedaway from its mooringsas my day creeps away from its morningif only I could …
Author Archives: lara
Sunday, 17 December
Sunday, 17 DecemberThe draft from the barely open window cools my back. I listen to the the barn owl call his mate back from her dawn hunting.The back doorcloses lightly and I hearthis morning’s fire wood tumble into the box. There is just a tinge of pink light on the tops of the trees. Enough …
Character Studies
Character StudiesLisa and I stand in the back of the churchwhile everyone else mimes praying for Grandfather’s soul.She points to a lanky boy of uncertain parentage whose bow tie has settled at a rakish angle over his burgeoning Adam’s apple.She confides that Aunt Kat is actually his step-mother. The boy having been abandoned but not …
Caution — Railroad Crossing
Caution — Rail CrossingI wait like the gasoline tanker at the railroad crossing.Behind me an ambulance screams and the red lights strobe their way into my brain. I wait for the klaxons to quiet, the red lights to go out, and the trembling arms to rise.How did it come to this? Published on The Laundry …
November
November this summer’s fox gloves standragged brown soldiers their rockets waiting to launchthere are no longer any foxes in the field Published on The Laundry Line, 25 November, 2025.