Falling

I love the way it feels to fall but only in a retrospective way. It’s one of the only things we have that makes us weightless. Even if we have to hit the ground hard and bite the inside of our lip so sharply that drops of blood stain, our otherwise perfect, teeth. What’s better […]

Kaleidoscope

The tenants climb over each other using sharp elbows to move people aside. They are all a day late for their payments and will be forced to pay extra for the efforts of the front office. At the end of this endeavor more than one of them will walk back to their room with a […]

Afflictions Of A Friendless Person

I was walking up a hill once and I was so high I thought I saw an eyeball, with the veins still attached, rolling toward me. This caused me to step out into the street for a moment and watch it pass by, which was when I could tell that it was actually just a […]

Comfort

The summers are heavy around here like a completely drenched towel wrapped around your neck, but with none of the prospective benefits. They peel the posters off their identical white walls, and throw all their stuff in the crappy cars they all borrowed from their parents to drive home to take orders for three months. […]

Evening Walk

She is early, standing outside, rotating a pen between the fingers on her right hand, and an older couple, both holding cans of beer, passes her on the sidewalk nodding politely. There is enough cash in her pockets to pay a third of her rent, but instead of using it wisely she took a long […]

Issue Of The Fee

Rusted railings and steps remain upright, but unattached to anything, and the fine dust that rolls off the wind creates a metallic sound when it comes into contact with the burnt red skeleton. There is a silvery cloud hovering above the the liquor store and at its edges there are soft points that move to […]

Screams

Making decisions about which person gets killed with which blunt object starts to take a toll on the sanity of the decider. Tightening the bolts on the casings of giant missiles that could blow up the faces of entire schools makes the choice to come to work about much more than just money. Everything they […]