Parables

  Michele and I were swimming our laps in adjoining lanes at the city pool on 25th street. When she passed me going the other way, I playfully reached under the lane divider and stroked […]

  Sometime around the age of twelve or thirteen, I entered a stage of awkwardness so extreme that even the act of walking seemed doubtful. What had been automatic, to put one foot in front […]

  After Stretch took down the two trees, cut them into sections and loaded them onto his pick up truck, he told me he would be back to rake up the debris. But after two […]

My pool game was off. I had lost three of the last four matches. Anders said, “Do you think it might be the way you’re relating to the material?” ⁠—Adam Simon

  Suzanne said, “I really enjoyed my opening. I decided to believe all the nice things people said to me.”

  Michele said, “You can’t see me right now but I’m rolling my eyes. “     —Adam Simon

    I stared at the man opposite me on the A train. His face was strangely familiar and I realized he was having the same reaction to seeing me. We both got up and […]

    Our last ride got us to somewhere on the outskirts of NYC, probably the Bronx. The guy who’d picked us up took us into a diner and ordered himself a coffee. I was […]

  I was invited to a party at W. H. Auden’ apartment. Auden wasn’t there. A guy staying there was having the party. At some point the beer ran out and I went to the […]