Stories tagged women

Flight of Fancy

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Flitting from infancy to adolescence Growing into adulthood with grace and poise Flirting with the opposite sex, same sex, all sex Learning the seductive dance of the plumed siren The woman child sees only one way to survive. …

Snow White: The King

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I’ve never humiliated a woman in my life.

Where's My Label Maker?

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Three Tasks: Reflections on Mother's Day

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The first task was ridiculously easy. You rigged up the ladder from the unlocked communal laundry room. I climbed up and squeezed through the open bathroom window. I was skinny enough then to still fit through the bars, head, shoulders, and all. I opened the…

Tiny Dancer

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This latest married man who lives at a great distance has leeched her energy in that very particular way such men do. Next to him, I am as interesting as long division.

On Women

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She was prepared

Gazpacho

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It's a pretty strange feeling when you think you're about to bite into some ice cream and instead it's gazpacho.

Julie Martin

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To describe Julie Martin in those days is to give a resume of prairie truth: her good soul and giving heart were the stunning elements of her beauty. From afar she was a demographic sample like millions of women who, unlike Cassandra, could not afford to

Man Cave / Jane Austen

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They ride horses through the living room ....

The Tribe of Women

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One can’t predict the final cadence of one’s life.

Spontaneous Sunrise Prayer

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Oh God: Thank you for this beautiful world. It must be difficult. In some parts of the world, women are forbidden to pray while menstruating, lest they contaminate you. In other parts of the world they are told to not indulge in manmade medication but…

Blood Paintings Series

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Still I've said: motherhood is not for me. / And my own mother has cringed, thinking / of how she has tied her whole life / around that role.

Cabeceo

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A stately woman sat down next to me, gorgeous, silver hair in a crew cut, flowing black skirt, black tunic, and a wine red scarf. She swept into her chair with a delicious scent of lilacs. "I'm Katherine," she said in an alto voice. "I'm Robin. Nice to…

What has been birthed

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Five billion years ago, if anyone / can imagine such a number, / so many zeros, everything / begins, slowly, to contract. As in labor,

Old Man, Park, Bus, Winter, Spring

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I am so tired of running politely.