by Anacelie Verde-Claro My wish is simply to walk with Isla, and to keep walking with her until my frustration in having a high-strung dog with trust issues dissolves like a nipping wind in warm sunshine. My secret wish is for Isla to forget how to bark. To that end, I have mapped a foxtrot-dance-shaped [...]
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Revolution
Posted in Essays on July 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Up and Coming
Posted in Essays on March 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Isla is friends with two princesses. They live on a nearby street in a square, stuccoed house with a concrete and gravel yard. It isn’t the place one would immediately assume housed royal members, but these two girls are indeed sovereign. Isla and the princesses spot each other immediately, having the small-person’s advantage of seeing [...]
With Me
Posted in Essays on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
* I have not walked my dog Isla in my neighborhood yet. I have not walked in my neighborhood, period. In my neighborhood, dogs jump their fences as though home is out on the cement and asphalt, and they’ve been mistakenly separated, again. Wide diesel trucks hog the curbside, their large shadows drenching the gutters. [...]
