Last Bender

10.4
There were no messages on the machine so I put on the TV and lay down on the bed and faced the sky above the buildings across the street. It was a clear night and still warm. I lay there not thinking, listening to book TV, until I started to get hungry. Nothing sounded good.
When [...]

10.3
Sally flew back to NY on Metro International, a charter out of Boston. She had spent the night there and was coming into LaGuardia. I was to pick her up alone and drive her out to the Island house for a weekend with the family. I parked the car with confusion and doubt and walked [...]

10.2
I rehearsed and recorded three more times with Joseph and Judy. Our rehearsals always began in auspicious ways. Judy and I sitting on the couch, feet up on the table, watching TV while Joseph set up. And just as inevitably, after recording two songs they would start to drink and people would start to drop [...]

Looking Like Arizona
Yesterday, as i walked home from work, I overheard a comment made by one student to another. The comment needs context. At Cornell, today is the last day of classes and the students traditionally hold a large party known as Slope Day. Once Upon a Time, Slope Day was an unorganized event. There [...]

10.
After the 4th it was brutally hot and I had no plans. I worked all week and tried to find things to do at night besides lie around obsessing that Sally was gone. I keened for her. I rent my garments, my chiton. Where had my wings gone? It was a constant throbbing disturbance of [...]