Monthly Archives: May 2017

What you need is some confidence, you moon-eyes moron. I don’t know why this is so especially hard for you to piece together. If you can find your way to believe in your talents and wit, your personality, your kind … Continue reading →

The day Connie died was much like any other: the sun rose the alarm chimed the coffee percolated the train ran late – nothing out of the ordinary really. It was a day like many others the day Connie died. … Continue reading →

If she doesn’t want you, then she doesn’t want you and there’s nothing you can do about it. There is no willing it into existence or debating the point, berating her into submission or even asking her again and again … Continue reading →

I had the most extraordinary experience just the other night: I was at a comedy show, a free comedy show featuring amateur comics on a Sunday night at a no-cover club. The acts were untried. One of them featured a … Continue reading →

I think of all the clubs I used to frequent as a youth yours was the worst: the worst atmosphere the worst attitude the worst service and the worst treatment of the artists. Just, in general, pretty much the worst. … Continue reading →

If I’d known it was the last time, I’d probably have done things differently. I’d probably have done everything differently. I would have watched you carefully soaking in every last aspect to remember and treasure forever or longer. I’d have … Continue reading →

When you came up to visit me at school that first year and I heard that some girl I liked had a boyfriend that I knew but didn’t know about, if you know what I mean, and I had to … Continue reading →

Know my body. Learn the things that have made me. This is where the sweat pools first and this is where the sweat pools last. That freckle looks like a pierced ear and those freckles over there resemble the constellation … Continue reading →

Your worth is defined by your actions. Your actions are defined by what you can produce. Is it a thing or an art? Is it the love of family and friends and folks you fuck? Is it the animosity you … Continue reading →

She’s not going to be there. You travel in hope of seeing her where you’ve seen her before but her schedule is unpredictable and your hope and desire offers no insurance of result. She will not go out tonight. She … Continue reading →