A Lack of ἀπόλλυμι Experience

  Janine di Giovanni's documentary "7 Days in Syria" obviously made an impression on me. Because of it, the images of what is left of the city of Aleppo are at the forefront of my mind as I contemplate the word απολέσει.

Fibro Fog

Fibro Fog

He put a half-filled jar of

roasted garlic pasta sauce

in the cupboard

instead of

in the frig.

He could remember the word "Isolate,"

but the word he really wanted was

"Atomize."

He stepped off the curb

against the light,

in front of a semi.

That's when it hit me.

To be a more perfect example

Lamentation

A combination of reading Eugene Peterson's paraphrase of Psalm 28 and the 15th anniversary of the attacks on September 11 brought on the need to write this lamentation.  I was living in New Jersey at the time, and these are the accusations I shouted at the ceiling.