I am very proud of America for electing an African-American to be president. It is a long-awaited milestone in correcting a grievous social injustice, from slavery, to segregation, suppression of economic and politic freedoms, to hard fought civil rights changes, and now to the ultimate statement in political achievement and freedom. There is still much […]
It doesn’t interest me if there is one God or many gods. I want to know if you belong or feel abandoned. If you know despair or can see it in others. I want to know if you are prepared to live in the world […]
The taut wire hums before it breaks, like the city in the morning or late, when the lights go out. And the chain on the bridge gate— before it snaps, one link turns over slowly, and creaks. I watch an oak whose top has forgotten […]