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Visiting North Carolina, June 1984

Landing Light, Carrying Nothing

He struggled heavily between acceptance and terror, until at last the terror went, little by little, like the receding cry of a startled bird.

Middle Age

Faint shoots of morning light, a thirty year old nose, a cool Fall October afternoon

Here Is How Things Are

Friends

Following a voice, skipping stones, jogging in autumn

Parents, Now And Then

A bowl of faded rose petals, a wooden extension ladder, a photograph

The Ballad Of Outward Living

Growing Older

The Original Odd Couple, a soccer coach, a bibliophile

My Body

Chest pains, milk-and-honey days, my best friend

At The End Of The Fiscal Year

Ten months prior to being eligible for his company’s pension and benefit plan, after almost twenty years, Ben Ross was fired.