First, J. Robert Oppenheimer wrote his paper on dwarf stars—“What happens to a massive star that burns out?” he asked. His calculations suggested that instead of collapsing it would contract indefinitely, under the force of its own gravity. The bright star would disappear but it would still be there, where there had been brilliance there […]
Waiting with an unfinished, finished look behind honeysuckles that crown Old Saybrook, she is reading Vita Sackville-West, he has food on his moth-eaten sweater vest. Here’s the Oriental rug, still steeped in piss from their bulldog who barked like and activist. She seems happy, reigning with creams you FedExed, rubbing his scalp, patched with scabby flecks […]
How long do we wait for love? Long ago, we rowed on a pond. Our oars left the moon broken— our gestures ruining the surface. Our parents wanted us to marry. Beyond the roses where we lay, men who loved men grew wounds. When do we start to forget our age? Your husband and I […]