The laws of mechanics apply to marriage The angle of repose is defined on dictionary.com as “the maximum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material will remain in place without sliding.” Reflections on 2020 As boundaries expand, our worlds contract. The last theatre production

Now, atop the mountain ridges it falls, accumulating deep and white shifting toward the sun and the moon Restrained by its angle of repose. It builds, sparkling laughter pressure mounting beneath clouds and stars toward the heart and the bone Restrained it tumbles, aches, and grows. Why can’t the

He picked me up for dinner at the two-story gray Craftsman on Sixth Ave West. The one with the expectant magnolia in the front yard. It was his late father’s birthday, he said. And don’t forget to bring comfortable shoes. It was cold but not rainy, going down