Monthly Archives: April 2024

Behind the building downstairs, outside next to the laundry room, they put up a hoop on the tree and we’d play a bit of basketball, me and my friends. We’d shoot, play Horse, two on two, whatever. Because there was … Continue reading →

August makes me sad and glad that I’ve enjoyed the break I’ve had but I’ll be back to school all clad in uniform just makes me mad. It’s much like January First, a Holiday that’s great, but worst since the … Continue reading →

“Anyone can be an optimist!” she says with joy in her eyes and willingness in her heart, an undying proselyte excited to take me with her on the road to positivity. I hear her words and see the spin. “Anyone … Continue reading →

The universe sends her messages: there is a sun to tell you I give you light and love. I provide warmth and nutrients and life. You will survive because of me. The sun also says too much of me will … Continue reading →

The quickmud in Pelham Bay Park wasn’t that high but it sucked up my shoes pretty quickly and they didn’t get out of there alive. I had to leave the park in my socks and I swore to the shoes, … Continue reading →

I came from a different world. I belonged to a different place where as a young boy I walked along the beach on a late summer season, alone the sun beating on my sandy back as I imagined the adventures … Continue reading →

The day words ate Manhattan was a Thursday when time was on their side and curtains were blue and nobody was looking for a cheese grater in that shape. The day words ate Manhattan was appropriately gray because words weren’t … Continue reading →

Woke up with headache bright as sin. Can’t remember half the trouble that I’d gotten in. Knew I drank about a third my weight; had a thirst for something that I couldn’t satiate! I forgot the name I took last … Continue reading →

I am a young boy, hormonal, but still innocent, and my family has taken on an older exchange student. She is new to the town, and I have to show her around. I am the voice of experience in this … Continue reading →

“You can walk the coast and never get lost,” she said, as we traipsed down the beach and talked about random things irrelevant things with the sun at our backs the wind at our sides the world at our feet. … Continue reading →