Fall Be Kind
The flutes surrounded me in a way that, despite ideas of reality and sanity, made complete sense. Notes fluctuated, voices trialed in and out, distanced claps…
soup
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(The Future, The Future)
And don’t you think it’s kind of funny, the way that the future works? The homes we’ll have, the towns we’ll love, sitting unbeknownst to us? The people we’ll…
EVERYTHING IS PRIMAL
“EVERYTHING IS PRIMAL”, he had scribbled on the last page of his notebook. The previous 30 or so pages were filled, injected to the binding with bleeding…
void
Someone I used to be close to told me a long time ago that to be alive, you need to suffer. To have a soul, you’ve got to lose it, to be alive, you need to…
Things We Lost in Time
It was dark out on my porch. The kind of dark I imagined ancient Rome to be, save for a flicking candle in the distance, ready to submit to the gentle wind…
i feel fine
I opened the door to my room and sat on my bed. The door was still open, I guess it didn’t matter. It was late. 3 AM. 4. Who cares? No one was around that…
Switches
She sat on the chair adjacent to where I was laying down. She slowly placed her coffee cup on the table so as to not spill any drops on her drops on her…
Maps
I examined the map of the stars that I sketched out on a piece of printer paper, the pen stopped working well halfway through and turned it into a mess of…
Manifesto
“And after...you know, after everything was done. I was back in our apartment, her apartment. I was just kind of standing over all of the stuff...and...there…
can't bring you down.
it’s okay because no matter what you do, no matter what girl or guy shoots you down or rejects your number at a party or a bar won’t remember your face in a…
that scares you
that’s not a reason to be afraid and i’m not trying to scare you i’m trying to let you know that there’s more things you can be doing than writing papers to…
every single thing
every single thing you hate, you love, you wished lasted longer, you wish would go away, you want to find, every single thing you’ve ever wanted to find will…
Endgame
My favorite book opens with the line “I’m feeling a bit light headed, maybe you should drive” And lately I’ve been thinking about the seasons, all through the…
Seasons (pt. 2)
I tried to understand the things you screamed to me that night. They didn’t make sense then, still don’t now, useless fucked advice. I tried to understand you…
Seasons (pt. 1)
I opened up that piece of paper, that you had written months before. Stared at it briefly, ignored the intentions. Your handwriting, rather poor. Oxidizing…
Fall
So, these are just a few things I’ve been thinking while I traced our actions, slowly sinking. You screamed and cried while I was left asleep. As my eyes…
Senior Year
“Hey” I said, heartfelt but helpless, as Laura slipped out from the crowded apartment and onto the porch. She just smiled and quickly lit a cigarette, before…
Twenty-fourth Century Ice Caps
They gave me a green ring at the DMV the man said “son, someday this old ring will fall off” I shoved it deep down my finger until it wouldn’t move in any…
the other night
the other night after the lights went out and before i fell asleep, i felt the world leave me. the other night, laying alone in my head, i did not hear a sound…
Life! Beauty! The Suburbs! - Pt. 2
I was among the first groups of people cleared to visit Earth, I guess that’s what a dad with power can do. As we approached the planet and saw the beautiful…