As he lies mid his retinue of rats, oblivious to the trickling water and the maelstrom in the babbling sewer, one might think his nose a hovel for flies in th...
'Mansur Al-Hallaj, having heard of Christ the martyr, came to Baghdad whirling on his feet, and forgave the Caliph and his officials even before they did anyth...
A sudden brightness. Call it day. Rooks above the cathedral, and clouds a thousand shades of morning grey, while underneath: the coiling crowds bear their past...
It will be such and such a year, the sun appearing now and then, clouds over cola, booze and beer, teenagers now grey-bearded men, corn on the cob and sizzl...
A little slow and thick around the waist, she was fond of wading in the muck. Always late, she would walk into class, then take her place behind a nerd or gee...