Who has back and crack hair Whose kid smokes pot and from which window Which septuagenarian wears frilly white underpants
20 true words: junk in my trunk
a potpourri of goldfish, crayons, and Thai fish sauce Charles Griffes a grubby little book about Evangelicals 16 used masks
20 true words: face it
DNA, like an invasive species, draws our epilogues onto our faces. You can bet your fat black watch on it.
20 true words: in Indiana, the air is so moist in August that
you need a snorkel to breathe you can see the grass sweat beads you can grow morels on your face
20 true words: odd facts
after her mastectomy, my grandmother let me sleep on her breast inserts– they smelled like silicone and cookies– love’s complicated
20 true words: let me count the ways
terrowfully*–imagining your injury–repeating no no no this was her way this is not the only way to love *(terror + sorrow+fully)
20 true words: for you, I am still running between
turning off lights leaving my shoes by the door eating what I take and brushing my crumbs into the sink
20 true words: you can’t get this from ancestry.com
Remembering Jean no-bake cookies cooling in the kitchen an accordion in the garage fireflies and a strawberry patch between
20 true words
Have you ever noticed how signs point out the obvious? “Lane ends.” Yet no one says to them, “Yeah. Duh.”
20 true words: and I didn’t even say, “I told you so”
Nailed the Mom Olympics when I dug a splinter from my daughter’s finger with the post of my silver earring.