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I am writing you toapologize, to acknowledgethe pain I caused you.A stupid boytrying frantically to avoidthe difficult thoughts,the desperate decision..
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iridescent oils play in gutter puddlesand parking lot ponds,fracturing and reflectingthe gaze of surrounding street lamps.a concrete desert,refusing t..
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the sun fades to nothingabove our private canopy,until I can barely see youin the gloom -despite there being onehammock for us both.as the embers crin..
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The great city below is a glittering crescent,wrapped around a bay of cobalt sea,water gleaming harshly in the heavy noonday sun.Sails bulge and rippl..
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school ends early,parents are called.1st grade, Mrs. Muellerlooks nervous.I'm sent homewith parents,given a toy(the red and yellowbionicle frommcdonal..
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you gave me cardboardand I trusted it like stone.my foundation,the first things I learned -the cornerstones of myliteral personality.I had to build on..
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I ama rusty barrel.Filled to the brimwith guilt, themurky, unresolvedreligious self-hatredthat oxidizes my edgesand weakens my abilityto love.I am a d..
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the sun felt somehowmore substantialthe thick puffball-pilesof a fierce summerthe great boats of cumulousdriven by whiplash windsas they sailed I woul..
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Words to use:
discovery zero observe tie knowledge
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an endless sea of taupe nothingness,expansive and featureless,laps at my edges and rots away my frame.with the seasons, I expand, contract,crumble, an..
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