Playdates. (Relationships)

There is not much to say at this point, except that I ate ROY G. BIV for dinner. Red onions, orangey-gold banana peppers, spinach, romaine, iceberg, Hattie’s blue dress, a purple poster over our low table. There were meats, too, cold cuts, animals that died to be pickled, salted beyond their comprehension or mine. The [...]

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Oh, crap.

Soph’s bleeding but happy. She’s managed to wiggle another tooth loose.

This is one of those times when it would really be nice to have a partner in Tooth Fairy crime.

I contemplated what to do. Was this a sign? Is it time to tell her?

I go to her room after mulling this over a bit.

She sits at her desk, composing a letter to the Tooth Fairy (including a line for the Tooth Fairy’s signature). Plans for an honest, if painful, discussion go out the window as I watch my firstborn happily crafting a little plastic showcase for her tooth from an empty earring box.

I exit her room, leave her to her cheerful work.

I attempt nonchalance in my room as I quietly dig through four old purses. Thirty-seven cents. This does not bode well for the Tooth Fairy, as the Tooth Fairy has been inconsistent at best with her sums, and the last tooth was worth an even $5.

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Quarter of a million words In any dictionary here Three that you sometimes heard In your city of birds Larks and doves of song, fear Quarter of a million words The first, the second, the third— Words we held like cards, my dear Three that I sometimes heard I recall it all: red dog, furred, [...]

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On the 4th of July, a stray dog was brought into the Brooklyn Center for Animal Care and Control. She had escaped from a burning building. The pads on her feet were burned off completely, her fur was singed all over, and she was covered in lacerations. No collar. No one came forward for her. [...]

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I dream of reunion. Always and forever, I dream of reunion, all that has been lost becoming found. At least, I dream of the seeking. I rarely find what I am looking for. I fear this still, in my vertical, blinking life. Last night, I sought you. You, who would never expect a starring role [...]

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