Some people will find themselves
Skydiver drinking wine
if not indeed the worst of us,
Music exists in the space between notes
Trapped in midnight maps,
My friends forget
It snowed while you were gone.
We’ve created galaxies in city blocks.
in my Father’s house it is cold.
I don’t know when it happened
In a world of grime, desperation, and hate—
What to do with this knowledge that our living is not guaranteed?
Popcorn in the cracks of couches
s. r i a Fridays. t
It had been almost a year. A year of doctor’s appointments, ER visits, and elective procedures, and yet there were still no
1. You realize you’re still the same twelve year old walking around inside of this looser skin. Shying into a crowded room at the
“Are you sure you want to keep all that?” my mother asked the day we moved, eyeing the box of faded pictures and
Like a falcon swooping in between towering mountains, we drifted aimlessly across the wide valleys of the great Icelandic
October 31st, 2018
I still remember wearing saddle oxfords, skipping practice to get a fake tan, talking to the Catholic school boys, and trying
The sight of a building going up in flames is the sort of thing that scares normal people. Fires scare normal people because
The world rushed by the window of one of the train’s many passenger cars. The crowded car was anything but silent, but
Waking up is hard for the average person, sleep is much easier. Drifting through a deep sleep and good dream is easy. I
Afterwards, lying in the hotel bed, Nora Preston suddenly wanted a cigarette. It had been more than fifteen years, and she’d
He wasn’t stealing. That was the thing about it. He wouldn’t have stolen a thing, not with this law. But finding things--
The crowd of people looked like a huddle of penguins greeting their mates after a long day of fishing. Wails of connection