Issue #58 May 21, 2023
Diana eavesdrops on the Coronation
There were three of us in this carriage
and I tip my head to hear
what might remain unspoken.
It’s not the rain, the looming clouds,
bedraggled fans, heads bowed,… Read more
Empty Folders
No prior Prez has smuggled docs,
concealed in boxes among his junk,
containing so much secret stuff,
and now they’re seized, he’s in a funk.
He claims the docs belong … Read more
The Crowning
The afternoon moves at the stop-start-stop
again pace of the mail van
with its messages from long-lost friends
and freshly minted bills to answer
by the next hundred-degree day
which, … Read more
Don’t Take my World
Today I walked familiar streets,
stood where avenues cross,
where people meet.
I smiled at a lady with a toddler in hand,
bought a pretzel at the corner stand,
saw … Read more