A Smart Cookie
I could've been somebody, you know? my mother says and sighs. She has lived in this city her whole life. She can speak two languages. She can sing an opera. She knows how to fix a TV. But she doesn't know which subway…
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Four Skinny Trees
Four Skinny Trees
They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them. Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. Four who do not belong here but are here. Four raggedy excuses planted…
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Darius & the Clouds
Darius & the Clouds
You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are…
Sunday, June 5, 2016
The King and the Book
The King and the Book
"How are you?" enquired the king.
"That's what I've been asking you all along," said the book.
The Kind and the Sea
by Heinz Janisch, illustrated by Wolf Erlbruch
ISBN 978-1-8775579-94-3
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The King and the Picture
The King and the Picture
"You're beautiful," the king said to the bird on his wall.
"Thank you. I think so, too," said the bird, "But I'm missing something."
"What's that?" asked the king.
"The wind under my wings," said the…
The King and the Ghost
The King and the Ghost
"I don't believe in ghosts," said the king.
"I don't believe in kings," said the ghost.
"The one of us must be mistaken," said the king.
"So it seems," said the ghost, spiriting himself away.
The…
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Laughter
Laughter
Nenny and I don't look like sisters ... not right away. Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy who have the same fat popsicle lips like everybody else in their family. But me and Nenny, we are more alike than you would…
The King and the Fishing Net
The King and the Fishing Net
"Why are you full of holes?" the king asked the net. "How will you catch everything for me like that?"
"I won't catch everything," said the net, "Only a few fish. The sea has to stay where it is. That's…
The King and the Tree
The King and the Tree
"What do you do with your crown?" asked the king.
"Well," said the tree, "I let birds live in it. And the wind. Children hide there too."
"I see," said the king, and he stood for a while listening to the leaves.…
The King and the Rain
The King and the Rain
"My crown's going to get rusty," said the king. "Can't you stop?"
"Even if I do," said the rain, "your crown will still rust. And so will you."
"True," said the king when he'd thought it over.
"In that…
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