Remembrance

I’m not nostalgic for the days when thingswe’re different because I know deep downthey weren’t any better.I can just picture what it felt like in the presentalmost instantly in spite of all the yearsI haven’t even been there. I like the statues in the cemetery and howthey try to make the place seem sort of […]

Radio Silence

She wasn’t listening to anythingbut had her headphones onso no one tried to speak with her.They were the shitty kind so shecould overhear the loud talkerssitting near by at this lounge spacein the center of another dying mall.A woman, picking flowers upfor a party no one she knowsis invited to, is locked in conversationwith a […]

Development

I don’t know how it happened,but when I replay it now I seethat I have always been the onewho should be blamed.I never learned or listened when they told me toand I will always do the things I know I shouldn’t.I am a disaster in the center of a larger onethat I’d like to think […]

Colder

When nothing feels goodlike it should and there isfrost spreading out fromthe center of the windowyou can look and seeit walking through the tree linepast the lake up to the glass.A moose with bleeding antlersafter fighting others getting in the way.It rounds the corner and knockssnow off the roof when it collideswith the side of […]

Noise

All the half awake drivers watch the spireat the top of the police station.They ignore the lights since they don’ttell them anything they don’t already know.How to stop and go is writtenon the dashboard in black nail polishthat she used to put on every timehe picked her up, before she put him down. They’re both […]

Significant

The significants always shows upout of nowhere like a personat a party no one knows,but turns the average nightto something unforgettable.Decorated benches line the walkwayto the dance floor where there isn’tmusic playing anymore. Everyone is outside in the starlightstanding warmly by the burningbranches gathered over several days,and this display is just like watchingwolf cubs learn […]

Undertow

The damaged drain backs the water upso the sink spills over its coppery edgeand starts to flood the whole apartmentlike a tidal wave from inside solid walls.The cat jumps from table, to counter,to desk chair, and foot stool to avoidthe creeping water line that cries upall the walls like in a fish tank.The book case […]