Prose

Someone asked me, why don't you defend yourself?

Santa cruz — Someone asked me, why don’t you defend yourself? I wondered what I have to defend. Fighting back is not grace. Shielding invokes participation into a war. What is defense? If I utter one word or thoug...

Everything starts here. All the beauty and the wretched stumbling. Yet there is nothing that lets love shine more brilliantly than the vulnerability of being alive.

Santa cruz — Everything starts here. All the beauty and the wretched stumbling. Yet there is nothing that lets love shine more brilliantly than the vulnerability of being alive. One more step into the unknown. You...

Newspaper rubber bands smudged with black inkFive fit tightly on his wrist Snapping the green firstred, red blueand then the nude.

Aptos — Newspaper rubber bands smudged with black ink. Five fit tightly on his wrist. Snapping the green first red, blue, and then the nude. What does he think about? He snaps each waiting 7 seconds. Repet...