“How wonderful to be understood/ to just sit here while some kind person/ relieves you of the awful burden/ of having to explain yourself, of having/ to find other words to say what you meant…and you have only to sit here and be grateful/ for words so quiet so discerning they seem/ not words but […]
Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, 2019. Oh, the decadence. Last year, we attended just one TOTC soiree. This year, five. In most places I’ve lived, the social life among citizens is communicated through declarative and interrogative sentences. “Tonight there is bowling league at Oaks Park bowling alley, if you’re interested, that is.” In […]