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Excerpt from "The Pink Shoes"

This weekend I read a portion of this short story at the Border Senses release party. Thanks to the people that came out and Eurydice for the great photo...             For my grandma’s third fifty-fourth birthday her ex-husband Réno took us out to celebrate. My grandma and he had been separated as long as I could remember but they remained friends. In fact, my grandma had remained friends with some of the other men she had been married to. I imagined that she was a bright light that they couldn’t stay far away from, but like any other light she sometimes shined too brightly.             She took extra care getting ready that day, and paired a beautiful pink angora sweater with black pants and small black wedges.  I was very excited as we got ready and left the house. For the celebration we were being taken to dinner at a well-known seafood restaurant, Villa Del Mar, which my grandma loved. We drove down to the Bridge of the Americas and parked her big Buick. We walked over to Jua

Planes, Trains, and Taxi Cabs

               i landed in a wonderland of places, faces, and public transportation.       my mind is filled with a kaleidoscope of images i wish the world could see                         voices overlapping, aching feet, and tasty beers                                                   people all around me, snake dancing, stolen kisses, and spouting Shakespeare at the end of the night                                                                              jack the ripper tour guide you were so wonderful             the cool sprinkle of the rain on my face then                       heat induced slumber upon that Paris bus, but i saw Notre Dame                                                                                             and smelled everything the heat brought with it... this bus terminates at Cockfosters                           and don't forget to mind the gap please                                                                           fish and