“An October sort of city even in the spring. With somebody’s washing always whipping, in smoky October colors off the third-floor rear by that same wind that drives all the yellowing comic-strips down all the gutters that lead away from home.” -Nelson Algren, Nobody knows where O’Connor went, Chicago: City On the Make, 1952 I’mContinue reading “October Town”
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Ghost Tablet
a ghost tablet
for spirit words-
eidola
both phantom and ideal
Eklipsis
a ritual for the twenty-third Total Lunar Eclipse of this century © Vincent Hostak, November 7, 2022 Sit by a retaining pond which held back the flood Or, if your hand is steady raise a spoon of clear water one which carried food to your family’s lips. Sit quietly, as you would to honor oneContinue reading “Eklipsis”
Wild, Abandoned 