Straitjackets Magazine

EDITORIAL

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Choosing ten favorite books is akin to choosing among one's children.

With a clank of a chain, the gate opens into a world of miniature horses

Horse-drawn hayracks Shrieking kids, straw-strewn wagons

Select a bird fresh, not frozen Carry it home while whistling a merry time

As a therapist, I listened to words day after day-how they are used, abused or totally fabricated. They put themselves together into a story

"Whether he's guilty or not, I'm leaving"

"Hurry this up, Doc. When he wakes up and sees where he is, he'll be meaner than a cat who fell down a two-holer."

I made a Japanese lantern with fabric of multiple dyes

But I couldn't forget the beggar Dressed in ragged tattered clothes

The last night in Okinawa, we sat cross-legged on the floor of the izakaya.

Why was I doing this; did I really want another relationship?

Come away with me, my love

I layered my black jacket, the one with snowmen on the front, over a wool sweater, and headed outdoors.

Fall 2018