Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
Silence sails on an enormous ocean floor, crashing frothy waves like an invisible ember burning to keep you warm. Oblong rays inside a bell jar with plastic people counterfeited on broken lids to resemble fake humanity. Confinement slices across thick loaves of bread straight out of the oven, like a Read more
Let’s remember our youth when the sun played magic tricks with the light when we knew bliss when we felt safe when we were innocent Let’s dream about the good days when we had faith when we were strong when we knew love when we had courage Let’s be honest Read more
A junkie coworker of mine steals cars and drives them to drug clinics to score his methadone fix. He’s always on time because no one wears a watch, at least not around this place where time steals value minutes away from stationary life. Digital idiots we’ve become always looking down, Read more
Well, you work all these years and now are able to enjoy the fruits of your labor. You have a nice budget, but somehow at the end of the month, you are scratching your head wondering where did all that money go? Mmmmm? I have a budget…I have expendable income, Read more
I gave you my heart, ripped it from my chest where it lay comfortably nestled between lily white rib bones and family dinners in front of the television. You picked it up daintily between your fingers as if it weren’t alive, as if it weren’t throbbing madly, as if it Read more
“Come on, seriously! No one cares about your honor student child!” I shout this out loud to myself every time I’m driving and see one of those God awful bumper stickers that read, “My child is an Honor Student.” Why should I care about your Honor Student Child? Why are Read more
Our deck is the human deck we are dealt, and when we project fantasies and assumptions of transcendent perfection by comparing our lives to those of strangers we don’t even know, it can be dangerous. This culture assumes celebrities have the life we want, casting them into a perfect role Read more
Does not cook. Tells me I should use a lid on a pot I know will boil over if I do. Is already in trouble for putting clean dishes away where I can’t find them. Says one more “you should” and my shoes, my shirt, my stirring hand catch fire. Read more
