Brand New Heavy
I thought I'd be recovered from the premiere party and the buildup to it. Guess I need another week or so. I put in my time from 2009 to create…
I thought I'd be recovered from the premiere party and the buildup to it. Guess I need another week or so. I put in my time from 2009 to create…
“Maybe after this,” I say, and nod to my beer. “Such a doll,” she says with a wink. This is the girl who, on our third date, excused herself to…
“She’s your sister. She ought to be in school, not flitting around from deadbeat to drunken deadbeat. She never even talks about her writing anymore. She’s falling.” I check the…
me against the machinei'm winningand won't enjoy a victory lapafterward i'm not winningand can't even loseunable to quit knowing triumph will mean oblivion and with nothing to provei prove nothingeach time i pass byi slowly fade awaybut i thought ...
confer upon yourself license to revel in those enjoyable moments overlook (in those moments) the transient nature of bliss lest you abandon your ecstatic state and become wistful photo ? 2011 Sarah Landolt
...when, absent assurances--you believed you could? it wasn't really one time (one incident)--it was a way of life. that time, i mean. but i watched you play it safe and watched you grow more nervous. more apprehensive and insecure. and i saw you ...
i never went to the ends of the earth for anything but i've gone beyond the boundaries of reason for most everything never pursued so much as i've been led this is no way to choose for one's self but the only way to be never placed limits on mysel...
back in 2003 i had a conversation with Grandma Gert about my sister. my tone was judgmental. Gert said,"Yahya, when you know who you're dealing with you're never disappointed in them."
but you know what a tree is you know that what you think of a tree has no bearing on what it is and you don't love only one of its leaves you never differentiate its leaves or do you? have you ever looked at a tree then decided on its most preciou...
it's been a long time. i feel strong and my blood still burns--now more than usual. and i still have no idea. i just follow voices. i'm full of fire. even when i begin to doubt. but this is always the logic brain working to convince me that inspir...