“There’s no reason to spread melodramatic rumors about the delay of the album,” she says

“There’s no reason to spread melodramatic rumors about the delay of the album,” she says

When they first met dirty talk felt like solving timed coding challenges at a job interview.

When they first met dirty talk felt like solving timed coding challenges at a job interview.

She was the sudden presence that filled the delivery room like a creation spirit pressing his thumb to make a wrinkle in space.

She was the sudden presence that filled the delivery room like a creation spirit pressing his thumb to make a wrinkle in space.

I fall asleep on the First Date. It happens when we're cresting the chain hill of a roller coaster called Sallie Mae.

I fall asleep on the First Date. It happens when we're cresting the chain hill of a roller coaster called Sallie Mae.

When I was ten years old something happened, an event I never understood

When I was ten years old something happened, an event I never understood

I've finished packing and am leaving. Ten, nine, eight, seven . . . .

I've finished packing and am leaving. Ten, nine, eight, seven . . . .

There’s something so sexy about a hot girl apologizing for my behavior.

There’s something so sexy about a hot girl apologizing for my behavior.

Toothpaste dripped and stained the rubber grip. The bristles were yellowed, fanned out and frayed, like a spiky cleaning tool that should go nowhere near the mouth. Some of the bristles were actually hairs.

Toothpaste dripped and stained the rubber grip. The bristles were yellowed, fanned out and frayed, like a spiky cleaning tool that should go nowhere near the mouth. Some of the bristles were actually hairs.

What the Mother wanted to show us might be different from what we wanted to see.

What the Mother wanted to show us might be different from what we wanted to see.

“My grandma drinks that,” the kid ahead of me at Duane Reade snarks at my six-pack of Ensure bottles.

“My grandma drinks that,” the kid ahead of me at Duane Reade snarks at my six-pack of Ensure bottles.

Blisters is a game where you sit on the floor on either side of a candle and hold little fingers like a pinky swear above the flame until someone lets go.
 

Blisters is a game where you sit on the floor on either side of a candle and hold little fingers like a pinky swear above the flame until someone lets go.
 

It’s me and Helena. Helena and me.

It’s me and Helena. Helena and me.

this one guy keeps trying to talk about the impoverished state of the arts which among other things is making me desperately want to do the drugs I brought