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Francine Walls
NOVELIST & POET


Denial
That momentary disengagement Like the clutch in the old Dodge I think: I have to get a message to her Then: how can I get a message to...


Scarcity
thieves in the neighborhood at 2 A.M. Thieves testing every door looking for unlocked cars, sheds, basements, things left outside, things...


New Year’s Eve
A cake her father bought her mother – always on the frosting the shape of a clock with the hand five minutes to midnight for the New...
Every living thing
Every living thing. #desert #love #water


Jack London’s Beauty Ranch, Glen Ellen, Sonoma Mountain
I sat so still thinking of him that a wren landed on my head thinking I was a statue, perhaps, a place to stand and survey the land for...
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