She saw through the shell of me into the center of me

We eat as sons and daughters, as families, as communities, as generations, as nations, and increasingly as a globe. We can't stop our eating from radiating influence even if we want to.

In the morning, when the nothing vase casts a something shadow, like the memory of someone you've lost, what can you say about that?

I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe like rain, of the moon as a green eye, of mirrors and insects, of a love that never withdrew. It was not the feeling of completeness that I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.

Factory farming, of course, does not cause all the world's problems, but is is remarkable just how many of them intersect there.

Succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake.

Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.