Peace

Suppose it were as you suppose.  You, a wind passing freely through my life.  Some imperceptible force impossible to possess.  And if not the wind, then a gentle pour of rain puddling up at my door in search of hidden cracks. Surely a spell fell over me.  Somewhere between the bench and the beach.  I […]

Train

I got on the wrong train. I got off after I realized. I waited with an anxious foot. I forgot to breathe. The right train came eventually. I got on. I thought about my grandma. I felt guilty. I thought about the man sitting across from me, the way he rubbed his pointer finger against […]

Thought Soup of the Day: (Rotten) Tomato

Early human communities developed from thriving agrarian settlements. In thriving settlements, an increase in agricultural production enabled some people to pursue work unrelated to agriculture. This generated specialized labor, opportunities for trade, an increase in population, and socioeconomic stratification. Somewhere, underneath the heaps of agricultural achievement, seeds of individualism were sewn. Of course, the term […]

Fascism & Food

an opinion of The Futurist Cookbook In 1922, Italian nationalist and political leader Benito Mussolini was elected Prime Minister of Italy, a position he strategically leveraged to impose fascist ideology on the Italian citizens over whom he dictated. A former socialist, Mussolini characterized his political orientation as the marriage of state and corporate power, posturing […]