First Person Singular by Wendy Braitman

Lightshow

Photo by Rinko Kawauchi

Sad day at the Supreme Court

Which path do you choose?

Illustration by Liana Finck

Weekend plans?

Image from This Isn’t Happiness

That kind of day

Illustration by Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber

Rise above it

Illustration by Hiller Goodspeed

Daniel Ellsberg, American Hero, RIP

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers to the press, which changed our understanding of the Vietnam War. He died today at 92.

Joni’s jam

Alone time

Cartoon by Jon Adams

Bride

How long have I been wed
to myself? Calling myself

darling, dressing for my own
pleasure, each morning

choosing perfume to turn
me on. How long have I been

alone in this house but not
alone? Married less

to the man than to the woman
silvering with the mirror.

I know the kind of wife
I need and I become her:

the one who will leave
this earth at the same instant

I do. I am my own bride,
lifting the veil to see

my face. Darling, I say,
I have waited for you all my life.

Bride by Maggie Smith