Fixation

I watch her drink water cupped in her hands and when she finishes I make sure to look away. Her body curves inward at her center and when she lets me, I put my hands there, and pull her in against my chest. She says there’s nothing I can do, but I continue anyway; saying […]

Dissonance

Generations locked in place like a disgrace without a moment of dissonance. There is no counter to this just waves of us in shifts bowing down to whatever gets us into the party. Those outside it cannot agree they’re just too free, and want to see all that the world can offer. Uneven graphs made […]

Hillsides

Chrystal buzzing in the lights, they shake when cars go by, or if something heavy drops upstairs. Dry rotting tires attached to rusted axles spinning furiously around nothing. They consider themselves trapped in a pointless orbit because of how they feel when they look at themselves. Digging in to what begins to leave the faintest […]

Nails

Fat gnats eat the air in their peripheral. Peeling paint on the walls, like the fraying of fabric, reminds them that they’re breaking down. Pumpkin patches so close to the city they turn the sky above them blank, like their expressions on the street, and they can’t help but keep their eyes fixed firmly on […]

Cage

Wonderful fire, candles in the windows, seen from way far out. Hills full of houses, full of people, full of bad ideas, making mistakes against perfection in the stars. They have run out of room for all the failed attempts. They cover everything like they were skull around a broken brain. The pain remains no […]

Monarch

Monarch of her own mind she only does what she wants to, never caving to the expectations of the world. No subject is too intimidating, and she sat on the roof of her apartment looking into all that we avoided. Like the rest of us she lived under the sun, but for some reason, it […]

What’s There To Get

Blind turns onto busy streets keep people guessing from the very start of their day. Paint runs off the banners down the sides of brick buildings, and makes the streets look like they’re filling up with blood. A whole new kind of flood no one saw coming. Holographic day dreams with faint inclinations of a […]

Commute

She closes her eyes on the subway, and clenches her teeth against the barrage of useless noise coming out of the screens wired above them. When they reach the quieter moments in their loops she lets them open again, and watches the walls of the tunnel mix together with the flashing lights, bound by the […]

Clerical Necessity

Absent mindedly committing petty crimes while standing in line behind people so clouded the only breathing they do is through their mouths. The white tile floor is stained with what looks like spilled coffee, and behind the counter they all worship the forward motion of the minutes. Tables and chairs, made from twisted metal wires, […]

Drain

A ball of black tangled plastic tubing rolled down a hill and into a lake. It was supposed to be hooked up to a pump on the back of a truck with a rusted exterior and antique plates. A giant knot in the middle of the water reminded them all of their stomachs when trying […]