By John Sierpinski You had the smarts to finishall your homework duringstudy hall in high schoolmuch to your sister’s chagrin.(she had to bring her work home)Later, you aced drafting inthe community collegealthough you wanted to workwith your hands, tools, figure things out. You becamea cable guy technician untilthey thought you were havinga stroke, were diagnosed … Continue reading Smarts
Blood
By John Sierpinski The beginning of an end Before I gave blood, the phlebotomist said, Your last name is misspelled on your driver’s license. Then at the dreaded DMV, passport in hand, a picture that doesn’t even look like now, anymore. The clerk telling me to wait while she checks with her supervisor. I watch … Continue reading Blood
Academy of the Heart And Mind 