That was the night Gabby and I drank the bottle of bourbon next to the makolet.
In America, we call them mini-marts, but in Israeli... more

It's Complicated

I could make a painting brighter
if I used brighter colors
It’s as simple as that

But it’s really not... more

I have developed the habit
of staring at the hands
of people standing next to me on the train

The Springfield Fire Department Reminds You to Be Prepared for Earthquakes

Even though Vachel Lindsay drank
lye and died in this... more

Benjamin Charles Dowd

This has nothing to do with what you etch into the trunk
with his only pocket knife or that it will take him... more

Make a vision board

Watch Girl, Interrupted

Eat more protein

            SCENE

An ill wind that blows nothing. Autumn eats its leaves. It’s... more

1. 

as great as our best days will be
our worst days will be twice as worse
you can’t take from somebody their right to be... more

THE CORNER PRIEST

"All things considered, you'd best not putter around, frittering hours, but listen to your heart," the guru said... more

he said 'i think i work out just as like, an excuse to drink protein, you know?'

ii.
There were too many lizards

MY FATHER PLAYS SONGS TO THE MOON, MY SON PLAYS SONGS TO THE MOON

An absence surrounds the cabin; an absence haunts it.

My... more

PRIVATE INTERACTIONS IN A MIXED-SEX GROUP

Together, we separate. We stare at mud or Easter’s grey river, disciplined,... more

Last Night at the Electroclash

Some one said tech kids are really just
Bros who couldn’t play football. My wingman
Took so much... more

(jesus) [said]

i. a penis is not a victory dance.

x. friday is for wine, camels, and cummings.

ix. delilah penetrated samson... more

Syrup

We are listening to New Order with the blanket over our heads. Your PC under the blanket is our companion. You touch me again... more

You drink all the beers I bought
And push towards me an arm full of bottles
You say, “I want to be alone
With my dreams... more

August burns on and a quiet resin lifts from my skin.
The ruins of my body idling on the couch. Drunk again

or just resigned to... more

Like every catch before... more

Above them, the field lights hum to life, // a million moths clump and whirl and dive. / The game has tightened in the late innings, // the shouting grows tense, important. / Cigarettes are flicked into the gravel, // embers blur to ash.

Dogshit

There’s grass growing on the dogshit next-door,
under the library mural of the Indian boy

with the salmon colored... more

If only she'd thought to smash, earlier, the infinitive to destroy never occurred to her, never in this careful home of her planning.

Some accounting’s underway, composed of chiding, shifts in tone, redirections. Surely one or two rumors eventually craft a context where they’re true. 

I am so many places
              lonely. I think
I savor it, just me & Canada
boundary water speaking.

The water is... more