Can These Bones Live

Ruminations on society, literature, and life

Monday, October 9, 2023

Returns

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            Returns I opened the door to the blacksmith shop with care since the hinges, pock-marked and encrusted with rust, were...
Sunday, October 1, 2023

Tell the Acrobats

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                                                                 Tell the Acrobats    Tell the acrobats waiting in the forest clearing  ...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

The Never‑ending End of the War

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                                                           The Never‑ending End of the War  My neighbor with a face behind the face lik...
Monday, September 25, 2023

Memory of a Meeting at a Coffeeshop in Saigon

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                                                           Memory of a Meeting at a Coffeeshop in Saigon             The tropical glare ...
Friday, September 22, 2023

Chance and Necessity

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  Chance and Necessity (For B.D.L.) From the liquidity of accidents, the undefinable rises to events that surge and crest in a neces...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

A Piebald Rock Dove Seen from My Window in Winter

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  A Piebald Rock Dove Seen from My Window in Winter Alone among a flock of doves, all black, this one, mottled, hobbles through snow spo...
Monday, September 11, 2023

How do we measure "diversity?"

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  A New York Times report on socioeconomic diversity has been widely publicized in academic circles over the past few days. The report has a...
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