fragile beauty

her long eyelashes so delicate, her pretty pink nails, so exquisite -- this preemie is going to make it.

Suicide among returning veterans

in an SRO, a body in battledress found -- 'friendly fire,'

Gambol of Otters

gambol of otters on the banks of a river: summer pleasures

Charley King, 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers

who beats the drum for Charley King/ dead at thirteen/ bloody Antietam

5774

soon, from a ram's horn, a call to prayer for some, the rebirth of the world for all

early morning sun

the sun: so early in the morning, its rays, too, are sleepy