May 2013
5 posts
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In seventh grade because I loved Maria DaBica
I no longer was a child of God
My baptism and communion dresses, stored away, were never to be used again
Not by a child of mine I could never have
Because I loved Maria DaBica
Who confessed to kissing boys
My sins could be forgiven, but damnation forever sealed
Maria, I never stopped saying Maria, long before West Side Story
And that love was...
April 2013
9 posts
Solitary Confinement
In solitary silence I reach towards empty space
Forgetting you are gone
In this momentary yearning I remember
Those quiet, gentle nights
You tendered sanctuary
Cradled the truths of our selves in each other’s arms
Till spent with the knowledge of each other we gave ourselves to sleep
Oh, woman of my heart I need you now
To still this longing in me, now, as I remember.
Breaking Free
Breaking free from privilege
Is harder than a prison break
To leave the luxury of freedom
Choice that money buys
Each day that you lived
Apart from limitations you could not fathom
Was all that you desired
Like the panther in the poem that you loved
Beloved Rilke
You wanted it
And so did I
And so did we
We became refugees in a war not of our making
A battleground of limitations on...
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Did you know when you took up your revolution’s cause
The evil that you vowed to overcome
Was less than the evil you would come to live with all around you?
Who kills their own child, lets a boyfriend, or a casual lover
Have such dominion over mother love?
Courts can sentence under legal codes
But evil has no master
Except one
When chosen it cannot be restrained
By legal...
March 2013
11 posts
You appeared from down a hallway into the waiting room where I had just arrived.
It almost seemed natural to see you again, looking so well, and within moments we were together passing through rooms where banquets were prepared for well dressed diners.
You remarked on the whimsical dog designs in the linen ware. You would.
Smiling twin sisters greeted us just as we were leaving the...
Buona Pasqua!
This is my Italian-American family’s traditional Easter bread recipe, but most “old-world” cultures have their own similar versions. This rich and aromatic bread, served with a simple icing, makes for a festive and delicious Easter treat.
Makes 4 Small Loaves of Easter Bread
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
1 package...
February 2013
5 posts
“An honorable human relationship - that is, one in which two people have the...”
– Adrienne Rich
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