So… Where Are You From?
Sell it! Sell it all! Am I really rootless? Or just overpacked? ‘Where are you from?’This question has always given me pause. Why do people ask it? Do they want to know where I was born? Or where I grew up? Or where I live now? Will this somehow allow…
Read MoreThe Great New Year’s Day Yard Sale
Sell it! Sell it all! Wanna buy this nice router? Yeah, Cow-print is all you! All night, we prepared for it. We dug throughout the house to find what we needed, checking everywhere for supplies. Then, when the sun first rose, we started organizing it all. And by mid-morning we…
Read MoreWhat Will Never Be
My Dad is at peace now We love you, Dad Dad, why did you have to die so quickly? Didn’t you know you were supposed to live long enough to see the next generation? Yeah, that’s right, Dad, one day I was going to have kids, little rug rats running…
Read MoreTwentieth Century Motion
Twentieth Century Motion Dad in 20th Century Motion Twentieth Century MotionBy Carl VotaFord pick-up, Exit 11A,trees, trees, treesGreen, yellow, pinkBright yellow flowers.Signs advertisingElectric transfer station.Concrete bridges, concrete veins.Tension, relief,Always wonderment.Bad drivers, ha-ha,Always drive me nuts!All right, passed that one.Wonder if he feels the same about me?Oh, well.Man, are the semis…
Read MoreEulogy for Carlos Vota
My Dad is at peace now Hello everyone. I’m Wayan, and like my father, I’m a little shy up here on stage.Now I wanted to tell a story today because that’s what Dad loved to do. We’ve all heard them, and we all loved his tales of amazing adventures in…
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