Introductions
Something happened to the both of us. Maybe we became different people. Maybe we just drifted apart. Maybe we both made promises to ourselves to never let the…
Pedestal
You stood on a pedestal, just beyond my reach. You made me feel inferior, rotten, forgotten. I longed for any sign of your affection and sometimes you gave it…
Do Over
“It was the first time I killed a man, so frankly I’m not eager to go back.” Ms. Reardon blinked at the unassuming fifth grader in her office, “Matthew, I…
I Forget Sometimes
Often times when I jolt upright in the wee hours of the morning, when I am in the midst of stretching and yawning, I look around, startled, at how nothing is…
What Have I Done?
A pile of assorted clothes peeled off in a slow manner still lay strewn across the floor (in my head, at least). It’s just an image I cannot shake, that sticks…
Drunken Lullabies
And here’s where my memory fails me. When you think about it, this is rather unsettling. Partaking in consuming poison for sheer pleasure, for the sake of…
Creature Of The Night
We sat in a circle, our legs crossed beneath us and our hands folded in our laps. Everyone was glancing at each other, never making more than three seconds of…
Indulgence
Too much too soon. Stomachs bulging against tight shirts, bile forcing its way up raw throats. We were promised a good time. Instead, we were given heartburn.
The Morning After
My dorm room is spinning as my eyelids peak open. I feel nauseous, as if I am going to vomit. Immediately, I sit up, but then realize I am not wearing any…
False Gods
I plop down under the oak that used to bear my mother’s silhouette, back when Dad and I threw the ball after Sunday morning mass. Youthful watercolors streak…
COLLEGE (Apologies to Mr. Dickens)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of…
Charlie
Tuition fees? £9000 a year was just too much. My family couldn’t afford that kind of money, not with Mum sick and Dad having lost his job. There was only one…
Sentimentality
One after another, I stuffed my belongings into my suitcase, working efficiently. I had never been the sentimental type; even as a child, I had tried not to…
That's College For Ya
“Collin Firth my ass!” Sam spoke, bringing the beer bottle to her awaiting lips. We had been sitting together for the past, nearly, eight hours watching…
Phased Lock Loop
The Gadget was resplendent with switches and dials and pulse-chasing LED displays that made it look both complex and important. That was intentional on the…
11/01/2011
11/01/2011 Dear Pearly, Perhaps you wouldn’t believe me, but yes, I’m currently living in Year 2011. I’m the future you. Freak out now, because I did freak out…
NEXT!
“Next!” Johnny hates this job. Each time standing there taking pictures for these smiling idiots makes Johnny want to puke through his fake smile . Being a…
Free Period
Coursework is looming How long? I should so do it You think? Ha! Yeah right
A Kiss
“This place is still beautiful.” I looked around. “Yeah, I guess it is.” We were sitting on an old fallen log on my parents’ land, amidst a field of tall grass…
Life Light
In high school I was average. Average grades. Average hair. Average everything. I wasn’t popular, or the weirdo--and for the record--I wasn’t the slut either…