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A Doctor’s Story
He didn’t die suddenly. You could say it was a progression towards intimate judgment.
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Train Running
Each instant — while jumping from the top of one moving train car to the next — inspires an intoxication of worldly detachment and a paradoxical dichotomy.
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Century Man
What surprises me most was not how its past intimidation had diminished (dying used to seem daunting), but how mundane the notion had become after contemplating it for so long.
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Guardian Mechanic
Pain. It was never a stranger. When they were still together, Freda once said he not only had a high tolerance for it, he seemed to embrace it. Her comment…
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Not A Standoff
“I wouldn’t call it suicide.” Not a trace of morbidity or fear was discernible in his response. “I’d call it ‘letting go.’”
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It Didn’t Happen?
It’s tempting to say it didn’t happen. That it couldn’t have happened. That it was actually the beer and whiskey telling a tale. And I’d be OK with that. Not…
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Who Lynched the Cat?
When I got to school and learned I was the primary suspect for lynching the cat, I was simultaneously disheartened and perplexed.
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