Auf Deutsch

Sydney, Australia. On the bus, riding into work in the nightclub district, in my chambermaid’s uniform. I cleaned rooms in a towering hotel. Two German men sitting across the aisle kept sneaking glances. At me. I could feel it. It could not longer be ignored. I turned my head and watched them watching me. They

Morning Sickness

Lismore, Australia. I woke up with the sun in my eyes, in a woman’s shelter, in the sunroom of a house that looked like any other house on a quiet street in a country town. I missed my little rented shack, and my cat, and the epic battle to make love keep its promise. This