Heavy weight already before getting up. I wake up before my alarm; I need to feed the cat. Not my cat, and I won't make him wait. I should just go in pajamas, everyone around here does, walking their dogs and having their early-morning lung-clearing smoke. I put on the hoodie I've worn every morning--it's already caked in hairs--throw on pants ( Read more... )

    The music’s not fitting--trying to draw a picture with no commas and no thought--my life. Sometimes your heart pounds for no reason and you can’t eradicate the problem, like invisible weeds. That girl doesn’t know it, that man hasn’t felt it, that couple has never known, holding hands across sticky tables and paying no attention to whatever ( Read more... )

A near life experience is taking walks in wet grass with no shoes at midnight. A near-life experience is feeling numb in the mind. A near-life experience is spending time talking to the guy who takes your order at Wendy's simply because he's alive and your happy to be around him. A near-life experience is sleeping naked. A near-life experience is ( Read more... )