Photo: Porterhse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A one story cinderblock building sits on a low rise just beyond the park. The row of numbered doors is nearly obscured by overgrown shrubbery and prairie grass grows patchy over the parking lot. The sign out front:...
The building itself seems amusedby the idea of a straight line.Mirrors wink.Tiles grin.A giant wind-up figure pauses,mid-thought.Inside, a bicycle made of spoonsleans confidently against nothing.A visitor laughs,then stops, unsureif laughing is allowed.It is.Paintings...
Photo: ScottyBoy900Q at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The grass is wet, dawn rinsing the sky pale as linen. Brick walls rise carefully,as if the fort does not wishto disturb the water.Cannons point outward,patient as old...
This is an excerpt from the travelogue Baltimore by Annie Marhefka, during which she visits the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM). Order your copy from writerinsites.com. First, I wander and I take no notes while I do, because I am here to be present, to experience...
Photo by Baltimore Heritage from Baltimore, MD, USA, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Every city has religious landmarks, places where the pious or curious can enter into. Some leave those places with a tangible reminder of their visit—a stone or card. Others leave with a...
Photo: Remington neighborhood community center. “Baltimore Heritage from Baltimore, MD, USA, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons” driving to the baltimore queer tattoo shop for a tattoo from the tattoo artist i can never quite tell about. hoping it doesn’t...
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