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we sit the three of us around a small table
as the procession flies by and I pull out my chair turn it to the side and kick my legs out like a table in the street and I glance over the railing at the sun-drenched condos as you ask “how much do you think they are?” and we guess at the prices down by the water“higher,” you say,…
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La Palma de la Mano de Dios
In Palm Springs, we find out we are 2 miles outside the center of town. That, and the town is a hotspot for Pride. Lying on the bed, after having bought a cheap bottle of white wine from a cooler in the lobby, I sit and read ads in the guidebook: “Where men meet men…
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a near-death experience
NO STOP IT you yell as I pretend to throw the spider at you. I crouch down in the sand and pretend to cup it with my hands. DONT YOU DARE! IT’S PROBABLY POISONOUS! DEFINITELY poisonous, I say, look at it’s red butt. Just like a Black Widow. I grab your arm as you’re tying…