Wants us to drink rice liquor. Dinner table of a five-story townhouse. Works for the UN. Has been to my country. X bashful. Just one of those if we must sir. Only if we must. Can of “Hanoi” goes to my head. Five stories up, long way to go. Your wife eats lots of fruit. […]
for the discerning individual, seasoned to taste, served with a smile a part of me, as solitary as i am, as uninterested, disgusted, appalled, apathetic, about almost every one, and every thing, i am still, quite terrified of being alonenot because of the solitudebut because i quite literally become some oneor some thing, entirely differentand […]
And so it’s back with a vengeance. This rubber banding–its elasticity is increasing. What have I done to cause this? Nothing at all. It just happens, like a haunting. A haunting because I have become forsaken, in forsaking the world, forsaking its people. Burying the idea of love, with dust and dirt. Knowing that what […]
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Silence . . . silence . . . Oftentimes I avoid it, trading it for the pleasures of music. But what a sacrifice. What a misstep. Even now as I write this work, I merely date and do not title. To shout at the wind as if to speak magic words: one seeks disappointment knowing […]
I wanted to speak with you, but I’m not sure how because I don’t know who you are. You don’t? No. I used to think I did. But that wasn’t really you, was it? No. Another ghost? Yes. Then whom do I speak to now? It’s no different just because the timeline’s shorter. This, might […]
Back in my own boots. Not looking is what allows me to see. No more getting twisted up in the roots. No more trying to create waves when there’s no wind. Either it’s captured, or it dies. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. No place to go, no place to see. Almost 28 years, and it’s […]
It’s been a while. Stay a while. Let me tell you about the daggers hanging, handles spinning; blades heavy, and ready to fall. I knew they were there. I could hear them calling me. “Don’t look up,” I thought. Daggers in the ceiling. False ideals; misguided chases. Sharp truths, of every kind. …Don’t look up. […]
I fear you’ll be lost forever. I fear we’ll never get that magic back. I fear that time is running out. I fear feeling like we had our masterpiece stolen from us. I fear we’ll never have another chance. I fear you’re too blind for that, now. This fear arises as the blockages are removed. […]
There’s something this world seems to be running away from. And we do this by pretending. By pretending and hoping there’s something more, than this. We do it with false emotions; by pretending to care about that which we do not. By pretending to be “better” than we are; to be a “good” person, so […]