Author: nlondon36

I find my heart in the closet rifling through my clothes. “Where’s the cape?” She asks. “The one with the big S.” “At the cleaners,” I say. “And the tiara?” I choose my words carefully because I’m pissed. “Don’t you remember? You gave it away to the first little girl who admired it. Those were … Continue reading superpowers

You have to burrow down through my astrological chart….Sun in Leo, Cancer rising, Moon in Gemini to get the lava core, five planets in Virgo tucked into the back pocket of the sky. I tell you this because these planets rule my relationship to the Great Mystery. They ground me, turn my eyes to earth, … Continue reading across the universe

This is a very partial list of what I have resisted. I resisted thinking about starting a career when I graduated from college; since I was essentially directionless I ended up tuning pianos for a living. This is what you’re doing with a college education? My mother asked. Yep. For the moment this is what … Continue reading once upon a time

Beauty. She’s so beautiful they’d say to the mother, what a lucky mama to have such a beautiful baby. But then baby grew up grew confused, angry at not being seen for who she was. Grew fat. You could be so beautiful if only you’d lose some weight, the aunties said. She used to be … Continue reading hunger

I have been thinking about the small ocean town my brother retreated to when he was broken in body and soul. Somewhere along the Alabama coast…I never knew where exactly because he never wanted me to find him. Thinking about him and his beach town led like a treasure map he had bequeathed me all … Continue reading sand and fog