ROLLER SKATING ON ROCKS

I walk quickly, without pause, for fear someone will read my mind and discover my intent-to skip mass and enter the inner sanctum where only the invited can go. The church was once a movie theatre. It’s grand. Its expanse covers most of a city block. The three double s...

I'm eleven years old. My world is very small. What little extra I want or need I have to steal. Nobody's on my side. The burden of abuse and fear, coupled with the inability to learn in school, sends me free falling through adolescence. I slip through the cracks. I lik...

I drove my first truck without a driver’s license, without  insurance, registration and most days without brakes. Over the first six months I became competent at filling the master reservoir from the supply of brake fluid I kept with two gallons of anti freeze, two gal...