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2. The house across the street looks older than any house on the block. The palm tree must have been over 50ft high when he cut it down. I don't remember if his mom moved out or died. Last year a lover moved in and things changed. He put in a new front landscape. I could see candles lit inside. Ambiance, and laughter.He left the windows upstaris open on hot summer nights, and I could see their shadows on the ceiling making love. Last Spring, the electric box caught on fire. Firetrucks ca...

Moving Night/Exodus 1. The House across the Street The house across the street Once filled with babies and Smells of dinner on the stove Stands dark and empty. Behind dark and expressionless windows The father paced the living room Arguing with his wife The family troubled and full of fear. Not knowing what else to do But pack up and leave. The statue of angels with broken wings Left on the front walkway. The mark of the Angel of Death Above the lintel Who sneaks in and out at night Leaving...

Little Black Box “My family is so messed up,” thought Mary while steering her car through the traffic on the freeway towards San Francisco. She moved over to the slow lane and held her hand in front of her face shielding her eyes from the morning sun, and turned her head sideways to avoid the bright light staring in her eyes, but nothing worked, she couldn’t see. The back of her eyeballs felt like they were burning in the white light. She could not stand it any more, so she...

 Little Black Box “My family is so messed up,” thought Mary while steering her car through the traffic on the freeway towards San Francisco. She moved over to the slow lane and held her hand in front of her face shielding her eyes from the morning sun, and turned her head sideways to avoid the bright light staring in her eyes, but nothing worked, she couldn’t see. The back of her eyeballs felt like they were burning in the white light. She could not stand it any more, ...

THE TUBE  June had gotten out of the shower and was wrapping a towel around her when the phone rang. Karen, her sister, had called her up and started whining- the way she did when she was little-that she was mad about this girl, Tania, who had this thingamajig- some tube she needed to run the pump in her swimming pool, and she wanted it back.. Karen said Tania had the thing for about a year or six months- she wasn’t sure. She said she was tired of this… and blah…blah&...