Bullet 25
Thaddeus McChesney leaned into you when he spoke. He gave you irrefutable advice and detailed explanations of the trivial. His job at the bottling company had involved adjusting the labels, truing them to lay parallel to the draft’s bottom and spell checking their fine print. I doubt he ever drank a beer. His edge was […]
Hibachi 1625 BCE
I knew the Minoans were realthe day I saw the hibachi.Five skewers across stone racks,decoratively carved with oxen,to cook supper.An April day like any other.Wine and kabobs on Santorini,A new fresco, paint still fresh; a boy with a dozen fish,a woman with hoop earrings,magically sleek, smiling,dressed in vivid colors,buried like a time capsule,under thirty feet of […]
