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 […]

Six

Empty restaurant tables reflect the sun back out the windows they stand next to. People walk by, in the heat, their thoughts muted by the stagnant music carrying on out of ancient speakers. Fountains are decorated with sculptures of half naked children. They have wings though so it isn’t viewed as creepy. People with long […]

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, […]