"You look radiant today," oh damn! he noticed. I so don't need this today. Mark and I have been coworkers for almost five years now. Just last year he had been promoted as my supervisor. He sure as hell does...

    She suckles from plastic,not wrinkled flesh—no heartbeat beneath the skinof this quart-sized bottle,no mother’s trusting nudgeto steady her trembling steps.Her eyes,the bluest brown,still too young to carrythe weight of memory,search for allthat will never return—a shape, a scent,a trumpet...