The moon hangs low outside the window, scarred and haloed. She stares at me, dares me to confess the unspeakable. It’s almost tempting. I breathe. I relax my body on the thought that Frank’s arm slings around my waist and then close my eyes, try to forget about the moon and her glare, a vain […]
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When writing calls, answer her immediately. Stop whatever you are doing. Drop your science notes, shut off your phone, draw the blinds closed, and lock the door. Pick up the receiver, cling on the handset like a lifeline, and have a conversation with her. Scribble on the nearest thing you can get your hands on […]
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She’s my best friend, my prom date (which was just really a dance in our high school gym), and the only girl who talked to me when we first moved in. She loves coffee but only because it gives her frenetic energy. Physics is her favorite subject, but she’s a klutz when it comes to […]
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You’re young and you’re grinning on a Christmas morning, though you just lost your tooth a night ago. You have no idea if it’s going to grow back at all, but you show the loss off anyway. You tell your mom it doesn’t hurt anymore, doesn’t bleed any longer, and you can now have the […]
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We used to talk the way we breathe, without finding the need to search for the keys Oftentimes I catch myself rummaging through my pockets, only to fumble through the empty memories We were spectres living in the shadows of our own, carrying sacks on our backs with burnt down corset bones We cased ourselves […]
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