I Don't Have A Favorite. I Need

Being Cross-genre, You Can Encounter An Image And Decide Not Only How To Best Express It But What Form Would Express It Best.

Sometimes When Reading Aloud To My Husband, I'll Start Crying. It Completely Stuns Me. As If The Words In My Body And On The Page - In Relation To Each Other - Are Cocooned Against My Own Feelings About What I'm Writing Until They're Loosed In The Air And Become Their Own. Then I Realize What I May Or May Not Have Done.

My Childhood Was Marked By The Great Fear Of Nuclear Holocaust. We Practiced Our Civil Defense Drills, Lining Up In Hallways, Curled To The Floor, But We Knew We'd Die Or, Worse, Survive Only To Suffer Radiation And Slow Death.

No Matter What Losses Happen In A Given Season, The Red Sox Always Have Next Year.

Try To Think Of Writing As A Gift - More Complexly Put: It Is The Curse And The Cure.