Tag: t_c_boyle

All my life I’d been the one looking down on the world
At first they kept us in cages like zoo animals
You’re kidding
Her face long and grave and bursting with expectation
Time jumps and jumps again
All is well
Her mind runs free
This is the peace at the center of life
She’s thinking that she should have brought her straw hat with her to the beach
Snakes didn’t play fetch
He spooned up his soup by candlelight
For a long while, nothing happened
I feel foolish
I couldn’t think of what to say
An old dog lay on the rug
Ever since his father left
I was hungry for something
And I do. I do smile
By noon, he was gone
And he stood in the blast
There was a stripe of sun on the carpet
His name was Seymour
The bird woman clenched her teeth