Ryanair’s stuffed plane was about to take off from Berlin. Mira was devastated by the…
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- Wow, you still have your Christmas tree all lit up, - a plumber says…
My husband looked at her, then at me—it was a look of amazement and pride. See what our child can do? He wasn’t thinking, say, that she was about to scald herself with hot water.
And then it came back to me as I heard
a young boy practice his violin
under the concrete canopy of the park’s amphitheater
ma always said that water cleanses you
inside and out
if ya bored, take a shower
if ya sick, drink water
if ya sad, take a shower
if ya leg broke, drink water
if ya stank, take a shower
Without help now
I can maneuver myself
upright, then supine to correct
the wind spinning my brain
from myself. My face angled
and pillow propping my shoulders,
The windows of my bedroom on Gorky Street in Moscow overlooked a building just beyond…