where I look first, when I walk in, is the couch, where so often, I straddle you, you, watching the game, or sleeping, you, with your head leaning back, I pounce, like a cat, a purring cat, to distract, your very being, your resolve to watch the final inning, or listen to it at least, […]
Block Island Royalty
Every year, it’s the same. I meet my girlfriends at the ferry with my over-packed weekend bag, a rickety beach chair, a bottle of wine, and a huge sigh of blessed relief. As we push off the dock, our vacation away from everything else begins. We descend upon an island, our island, for what is always […]