unpublished stuff

  • first date

    at the end of the night, Mary walked him to the door and grabbed his coat. she held it up for him to put on, but he stepped into it forward instead of backward and put both arms through the sleeves and wrapped them around her waist. she looked stunned. “you know,” he started, and…

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  • we sit the three of us around a small table 

    as the procession flies by and I pull out my chair turn it to the side and kick my legs out like a table in the street  and I glance over the railing at the sun-drenched condos as you ask “how much do you think they are?” and we guess at the prices down by the water“higher,” you say,…

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  • La Palma de la Mano de Dios

    In Palm Springs, we find out we are 2 miles outside the center of town. That, and the town is a hotspot for Pride. Lying on the bed, after having bought a cheap bottle of white wine from a cooler in the lobby, I sit and read ads in the guidebook: “Where men meet men…

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