Love of country cannot be equal to love of state; that is, no more than the public can ever entirely be the people. In the America I had been raised to love, the government was never your friend, and that was something I was taught by an ex-Marine father who was yet always faithful. He … Continue reading My Brother, My LIkeness [Flash Fiction]

A letter from one friend to another several years ago. Dear Alice, Do you remember when John Lennon had said that woman is the nigger of he world? I remember this clearly, I think; at least I can imagine myself recollecting this one or more times in the about this further ago past from whenever … Continue reading Minstrel Show [Flash Fiction]