I grew up reading about ten books a week. My mom would head over to the library and just take out book upon book for me. It was a nice way to escape the world. It was a nice way to escape the craziness of the South Bronx, […]
Today in New York, it is a declared gridlock alert day. Next Wednesday will also have such an alert. This means that cars will go crazy in the streets and pedestrians will zig zag wildly about the sidewalks. This past weekend, there was also a Leonid meteor shower. […]
I have over a hundred pair of shoes and I still don’t know where I am going. I feel a bit like I am in purgatory, but at least my shoes are wondrous and varied, while many are over a decade old. I must confess I even have […]
Terror Terrorized Traces of escape befuddle the mind The hand wrings forth what the taped mouth could not endorse The glass eyes hemorrhage To the point of breakage Locked jaw and gritted teeth There is no respect to bequeath Scalding water peels the soul Leaving behind pails and […]
Went to sleep late last night, holding on tightly to my IPAD. Not unlike many other Americans and the technology-obsessed. Dreamt wild dreams of working underground battling bats and snakes; and those were just my co-workers. Woke up with frizzy curls and a fuzz head. Waddled over to […]
“There are no good girls gone wrong – just bad girls found out.” ― Mae West In seventh grade, I used to hang out with a group of six girls and four boys. We would have slumber parties and do school projects together. We were a bit nerdy. […]
I am too sleepy to make my coffee I am too blind to find my dropped contact lens I am too anesthetized to blow out my hair I am too freaked out by the swooshing sounds of my heartbeat I am too uncoordinated to make perfect cheese triangles […]
I grew up listening to country western music in the South Bronx, back when rap was starting to come on the scene. A bit of an anomaly, but surprisingly it provided me with a wider perspective on gender relations. As a result, I am more than a little […]
I run purposefully I write angrily I think heartily I rhyme sadly I sing fitfully I weed productively I laugh exuberantly I work hungrily I eat chaotically I drink jovially I walk curiously I mother awe-ingly I dream longingly, yet warily I am emotion In every execution
Have you ever rushed to the restroom at work to only forget to use it? Yes? No? Weird? Why yes, it is weird. But such is my life. I tend to wear high heels, with about 30 under my office desk, and I have a bit of a […]
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