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Mano a Mano
We were to have our conversation, and whether it would be tête-à-tête or mano a mano would be determined by our wine. Renée directed me to the wine rack, the five rows of vino that her guests could...
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Wine back to water
I couldn’t move. centered between Jupiter and Saturn, and I couldn’t move. overindulgences, trapped under ethics alcohol, bubbling out of sacraments and still I could not move. “Wipe that shitty smile...
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Salvation
“Merlot, Pinot, Malbec.” “You have to pick one, you know.” These were words I couldn’t hear. This was a place I couldn’t be. The mirror distorted; her face contorted. The holy icon turned to rainbow...
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Man of Manchego
More rioja. manchego. I only get one Mother’s Day. You mean per year, right? I love that you’re my man– of La Mancha. manchego. Man of Manchego. Sorry I chase windmills? Not when I balloon– become this...
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Ernesto Gallego
“My name is Ernesto Gallego and you appear to be lost.” The pronunciation was flawless. He thickened the ll like a true andaluz. It was the nose that didn’t match. “No, Señor, you appear to be lost....
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Inanna came to me
It was the tint of the tempranillo that I recalled from that night, the night Inanna came to me. I was at my weakest, drugged in my seasonal allergy fit, staring into the wine like it was alive. The...
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You can draw down the moon
The wine was rosé– or maybe the moon– the whole world was. It was all rosé tinted glass then. We ran toward it, hunting the horizon, chasing the moon, drunk on youth. We found her there, the hag...
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So You Think You Can Write (10 reality shows pitches)
Once in a while, when I’m feeling inspiration running through me, I come up with amazing ideas for reality TV. Here are my pitches. So You Think You Can Write. Contestants send in writing samples to...
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It was
It was wine and incense then freezing rain It was beer and wine then snowflake dreams It was a world that was shattering or just coming together It was a dream of the dead or a knock on the head It...
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