Sister
Having adopted three cats while I lived there, I spent considerable time in the busy waiting room of an animal hospital in the town of Waco,…
My Father Would Have Been 87 Today
My father would have been 87 today. Even in illness, after suffering a stroke and eventual dementia, he was intellectually curious. The day after he suffered…
The Second Eternity
For E. [This was published in Carved Voices and is based on an earlier essay of mine.] Late one evening, as I waited for her outside…
Love and Time
More time is not more eternity. — Juan Ramón Jiménez What if someone or something exists only for a very short interval of time? Would you…
Staying Back
The Bangladeshi psyche is a moral and political waste land today. In this dizzying and disorienting kaleidoscope of decay, one name shines more brightly than anyone…