Monthly Archives: December 2008

Ten Twenty-Nine

Seven pounds for $300,000. A maybe, baby, or a bounty?

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Ten Twenty-Seven

A killing with no body; a dying gesture without movement.

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Ten Twenty-Eight

Hand on bible; head on heart. A historic circle closes.

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Ten Twenty-Six

Bag of bones. Whimper and sigh. Caylee or another cry?

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Ten Twenty-Five

Santa picked his nose and hooked a lump of coal.

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Ten Twenty-Four

Slick of tongueDark of heartTerrible of mindless spirit

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Ten Twenty-Three

Standing thereForeign in lookAbsent of mind and heart.

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Ten Twenty-Two

A serpent’s tooth. A child’s bawl. Together — they dance ungrateful.

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Ten Twenty-One

Passed out at 21. Stewed in utero. A born drunk.

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Ten Twenty

Evelyn turned twenty, missed her teens, and the subtracting began.

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