any other name

She was named after the moon, that cratered body of the nighttime sky. The celestial satellite, in its monthly ambit around the earth, keeps the same face to its audience. She was almost a Luna, the Roman goddess, or a Maria, the dark plains mistaken once for evaporated seas. Lunar light is nothing but the [...]

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chase the wild goose

The first time I lost my temper at work, my boss gave me a dollar. “Go buy me a Coke,” he says, “Make sure it’s Diet.” This time I have a fit, my boss sends me to the hospital. He sets a roll of drawings on my desk and a form, “Go find X and [...]

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