Jersey Devil’s Breath
Anna Krivolapova
Every winter, the Jersey Shore freezes into an old car in the driveway, tarped and bricked until May.
Every winter, the Jersey Shore freezes into an old car in the driveway, tarped and bricked until May.
How they stabbed me and got away with it!
How they stabbed me and got away with it!
He came down my throat, I slurped it all up.
He came down my throat, I slurped it all up.
Everything tended to with love bears fruit they told me.
Everything tended to with love bears fruit they told me.
How much would you pay to have an honest conversation with yourself?
How much would you pay to have an honest conversation with yourself?
He turns up late to almost all of his final exams, answers whatever questions he feels like and defaces the rest of the paper.
He turns up late to almost all of his final exams, answers whatever questions he feels like and defaces the rest of the paper.
I lie in bed a long time before sleep comes. I wonder if I love Natalie or if I’m just so bored and I’m turning fleeting, tiny moments into full scale cinematic affairs in my head.
I lie in bed a long time before sleep comes. I wonder if I love Natalie or if I’m just so bored and I’m turning fleeting, tiny moments into full scale cinematic affairs in my head.
I can tell she’s not convinced. But I’ve been Googling symptoms: confusion, nausea, loss of appetite, changes in sleep patterns, visual hallucinations, erratic behavior.
I can tell she’s not convinced. But I’ve been Googling symptoms: confusion, nausea, loss of appetite, changes in sleep patterns, visual hallucinations, erratic behavior.
She breathed deeply and saw an image of the naughtiest kids in the afterschool program laughing at her.
She breathed deeply and saw an image of the naughtiest kids in the afterschool program laughing at her.
My neighbor let his Rottweiler roam without a leash again and I’m an inch away from planting razor blades inside my tomatoes.
My neighbor let his Rottweiler roam without a leash again and I’m an inch away from planting razor blades inside my tomatoes.
At the head of the conference table sat a man scrolling on his phone, whom Michael intuited was the leader of this secret society.
At the head of the conference table sat a man scrolling on his phone, whom Michael intuited was the leader of this secret society.
He had a little radio, and on the mornings it snowed, he listened over and over to the lists of school closings until he knew them by heart: Kellerville area, Longstead area, Mount Holly area, all the outlying place-names, all the Our Lady of’s. Sometimes there was only a two-hour delay, and he wondered what it must be like, to have the boon of two extra hours like that.
He had a little radio, and on the mornings it snowed, he listened over and over to the lists of school closings until he knew them by heart: Kellerville area, Longstead area, Mount Holly area, all the outlying place-names, all the Our Lady of’s. Sometimes there was only a two-hour delay, and he wondered what it must be like, to have the boon of two extra hours like that.
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