tag:www.inknode.com,2005:/people/stephensmills Work by Stephen S. Mills 2010-07-05T12:26:43-07:00 tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/560 2010-07-05T12:26:43-07:00 2010-07-28T07:23:31-07:00 It wouldn&rsquo;t begin with hope or change or <em>yes we can</em>&mdash;<br /> it would begin with the slow exhale of a breath <br /> <br /> that&rsquo;s been waiting patiently. Can you hear it moving<br /> through the chest and out an open mouth&mdash;<br /> <br /> a mouth that...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/560-stephen-s-mills-if-i-wrote-a-poem-for-obama-on-the-4th-of-july-2010"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Stephen S. Mills tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/291 2009-11-04T08:14:27-08:00 2010-07-29T04:14:25-07:00 There&rsquo;s no security in two men together,<br /> no guaranteed payment, no signatures,<br /> no witnesses besides the lady next door<br /> who suspects our apartment is a one bed-<br /> <br /> room like hers. We buy a dog for insurance, <br /> have one bank account, and our...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/291-stephen-s-mills-in-defense-of-marriage"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Stephen S. Mills tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/188 2009-08-05T08:35:41-07:00 2010-07-28T17:03:41-07:00 I tell you how my best friend from high school <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;wrote to say he misses my friendship, <br /> the way we could talk about anything&mdash;<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;says the closest he&rsquo;s come to replacing me <br /> is an 80-year-old man he met in a used bookstore <br...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/188-stephen-s-mills-my-midwest-knight"><b>Read More &gt;&gt;</b></a><br /><br />&nbsp; Stephen S. Mills