That's demeaning enough, but not as hard to take as the customers. They're all jaded hipsters, thumb diddling smartphone freaks, pretending their online interactions actually count as relationships and that “tweets” are real conversations. It's sad, reall

Scientists have determined that a tiny freshwater organism known as the "bdelloid rotifer" gave up sex 40 million years ago. And you thought the spark had gone out of your marriage.

It was not that he was boring – it’s just that he needed a lot of encouragement. When he came, he whispered to himself, ‘ohgodohgodohgod’ - like it was something to be ashamed of, to be sorry for. I wanted to hold him close against me but I also n

The border crossing at El Paso will soon be arriving. I'm apprehensive about Mexico, all the violence.

The two walked around, taking in all the classics: the imported Russian matryoshka dolls of varying styles and bright colors; spinning tops, red Radio Flyer wagons, kaleidoscopes, and wooden yo-yo's invoked memories of Christmases past. The hand-stitched

This may be too religious for you, as at first it was so with me. But I assure you, on my scholarly integrity, I have found the Genesis Serpent’s skin! Yes, that Genesis Serpent--though just a leftover piece of him,

And out on that lake that day you yelled “desperation please!” And I heard “desperate pleas?” I wondered about first impressions.

Requires one of those leaps.

stole

Not a fuss, not a stink, The eulogy, deep, will make one think, Grandmother, sat in back, will wink

On his knees he divinates diverging lines with belly laughs he levitates the rebel spheres into geodes .

It was always your body that told so much -- lips working some secret out

Crimson dawn cloaks the starlit night,devoured flesh canvassed fright.Memories flash,as moment’s lapse.Feelings trapped,my love gasped.

I invited Van Gogh over for some drinks and a chat. I'm talking about Vincent.

The strange bones of language wander the room.