Intentions are funny things. You can mean them when you say them and still not fulfill them. Say them and not mean them. Not even recognize them and still carry them out. You can recognize them ad hoc, post hoc, and everywhere in between. There is a term in the legal field, mens rea –… Continue reading Intentions & Eclipses
Tag: loss
I found altar flowers sitting at my doorstep this Sunday, wilting in the Florida August heat – their piety drained, sagging, heavy-blossomed red and peach-colored roses, tall purple somethings at mid-staff, smaller, brighter purple I don’t know whats fading – the weight of it all. I know my flowers about as well as my saints.… Continue reading
I wish I still worried I wish I still called and left rambling messages saying nothing, who even remembers what, except I love you And also, hi, it’s me, it’s about noon And you’d call back maybe eventually and say Why do you always say it’s you calling I know and I love you too…… Continue reading
caroline ridgway 