Once a year I try writing a poem, usually because I've read some poetry that amazed me and I want to do that.
Steve ToltzHe pointed the gun at me. Then he looked up at my hand & tilted his head slightly. - Journey, he said. I had forgotten I was still holding the book. - Cรฉline, I said back in a whisper. - I love that book. - I'm only halfway through. - Have you got to the point where -- - Hey, kill me, but don't tell me the end!
Steve ToltzPeople carry their secrets in hidden places, not on their faces. They carry suffering on their faces. Also bitterness if thereโs room.
Steve ToltzThere's nothing perplexing to me about a leafy shrub evolving out of the big bang, but that the post office exists because carbon exploded out of a supernova is a phenomenon so outrageous it makes my head twitch.
Steve Toltz