Category: Nonfiction
- May 25, 2020
So you wait and watch and worry and plan because the reply that comes, must come, around 7 or 8 will be that much more monumental, you watching the end of the universe and the sound of a rotary
- May 25, 2020
As I bend, my body accordion-folded, mind floating above while my body, underneath, performs its own rituals— A firm pinch, a brisk yank, then I toss the weeds I
- March 25, 2020
Stray conversations lingered in the air. Dull grey smoke drifted on the passing breeze peppering olfactory nerves with burnt meats and dwelling vegetables far beyond ripe. The sun, stood high in the clear blue
- February 28, 2020
Monday I’ll sit across the room from the chemo patients. I’ll wait and watch and listen to cancer and laughter and how those cookies on the white plate restore ground for only that moment after or before. * You
- February 19, 2020
Ah, Halloween. The one day of the year when one gets social license to dress as their innermost desire. Max and I were sophomores at Libertyville High School. LHS
- February 5, 2020
He says there will be fire. Tongues of fire raining down from heaven. He says this into a microphone – nearly spitting – while pacing the same stretch of stained carpet. I am ten
- June 7, 2019
When people say “that was the grossest thing I’ve ever seen in my life” or “He/she was the most disgusting person” they are usually being hyperbolic. But some unfortunate souls get to actually experience the most disgusting human they
- April 23, 2019
In G’s basement growroom, the LED full spectrums run pink with Miss Sour Diesel budding crystal like the top of Mt. Hood. Miss Gorilla Glue #4 bushes wide with thick, dark leaves smiling. A couple more weeks on the
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