Holy Pieces In ancient Byzantium, crowds waited for someone to be sainted before unearthing the holy bodies and divvying up the pieces. They rushed to receive what was recognizable, like ears and limbs. The stragglers were left to masses of flesh and tissue but held it close, as if by holding onto some part of […]

The Long Weekend She’s the long weekend. The period left on sheets. In the evening of her absence, she is toothpaste, floss, scraps of petals in the tub or the all-night hours diner dishing out cups of espresso. Never satisfied with Miso soup or Singapore noodles, she’ll prefer the evening to be served with paninis, […]

recovered from a cave 1. I went walking for days to see all the houses and their things in their places: pots on porch steps and knockers on doors. On a blue house’s wraparound patio, eleven small desks and desk chairs in a row. A sign hung above them said Spaces for Pupils. I learned […]