Come closer. There is a dab of Chanel between my breasts. I have poured myself a drink. I am spread out on top of the bed covers, propped against red pillows in tangled sheets, caught in the turbulence of my sleeplessness, my nightly storm. Outside, the wind howls and releases, limbs bend and then relent, […]
Statements of Self, Drunken Drafts, and Other Threads
It’s been a scattered week. (Is it really only Thursday morning?) After seven blissful hours of sleep, I am more equipped than usual to muse on this and that, and offer a few observations on the self – how, and how much we offer to others – along with thoughts on colorful gloves, drunken drafts, […]
Something Like Marriage
A marriage. Or something like it.
K and Coffee, Midnight Weary
Kahlua and Coffee, Midnight Weary: Coffee beans and midnight dreary, Fresh the grinds, and moi, so weary, Yet I praise the gods I’m not As I have been, overwrought. This, instead of being teary, Rashly (brashly) eyes go bleary – Now the dark and steamy brew That I never shall eschew Spiked in honor of […]
Are you a hottie?
Are you a hottie? Come on. Admit it. You’ve got to have at least one feature (or move) that you know drives your lover or spouse wild. Hot, hottie, hot! I happened to turn on Bravo TV’s Chef Academy while doing the dishes one night last week. OH MY HOT FLASHES. What a hottie that […]
It Takes Two Hands to Hold the Mirror Steady
My mother was beautiful, stunning really – 1940s movie star stunning. She had black curly hair, pearly teeth decades before bleaching and veneers, wide-set hazel eyes, and lush, arching brows that gave her face softness. Her nose was fine, and her full lips were painted deep red, shimmering coral, occasionally pink. She wore no other […]