Charlie Parker
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Little Bird
He’s been staring out the kitchen window for a good long minute, my little toddler son. He watches the mallards and flame-colored cardinals doing their bird things in the rain. The little ornithologist. I’m not surprised. He listened to a lot of Charlie Parker in the womb. He might be able, in his soft, robin’s-egg-blue… Continue reading
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A Longest Night
It’s like we’re standing under a street lamp. It’s like we’re interfering with the way light falls on the pavement. But it’s also like nobody notices, because they’re caught in the Christmas rush. It’s like we’re dancing among the pale stars. The way illumination bends the past the way time pauses under the constantly evolving… Continue reading
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Rampant & Golden 