You said, Look! You have one nail not bitten down to the quick. You looked hopeful for a broken habit. I said, I know. I'm hanging onto it, in case of emergencies. {note: photo downloaded from pexels.com and no attribution required but giving credit where due; the photo crop of the original is my… Continue reading In Case of Emergencies
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Proxy
I have aged in time, in rhythm, disordered. There is no apt objection to questions born and barren, deriding bright-eyed simplicity, curiosity’s unsubtle purr. This permanent note of pause crudely etched in my line of sight —indices of accelerated living, in contravention of an ending, all too real and incomplete. What evidence do you need?… Continue reading Proxy
Parallax
Displacement is the lens. On the other side you’ll find nostalgia for things that weren’t. This parallax view is more than a trick of the eye — You bent the light, casting shadows as long as days. You were the prism. You were how I saw the world. You were the sun. Today I will… Continue reading Parallax
caroline ridgway 