Last night something unexpected happened to a friend a thousand miles away that made my night a lot less fun than it should have been. I ended up on the phone with…

And blinking more frequently now, as if there is no longer the desire to soak in every possible sight. Creeping along carpeted floors and tip-toeing flights of stairs, eyes trained at the…

shed light on sore subjects. yr bored again. yr constellation appears an instant too late. it’s brutal, really. god, what a laugh. red-nosed. coughing fit. could it get any better than this?…

I met a friend for drinks last week, one whom I hadn’t seen in probably two or three years. Actually, that’s not entirely true. Most likely, I’ve seen her more recently–I just…

Callous. Aloof. Tense, but not afraid. Migratory. Theatrical. Built like a cannon. Infinite. Wintry. Masterful. Itinerant. Singing only to be heard. Floundering. Chapped. Enough to be intriguing. Avuncular. Cognizant of changes. Pre-natal.…

Frustrated with the lack of living in this life, you emerged from the depths of an inverted plane; a map tacked to an old cork board. You came to my home, arrived…

That’s right, folks. It took me a little over four months, but I evened the score in the ongoing battle between Corporate America and myself. I suppose that–technically–the score was settled when…

“Do you speak Russian?” I’m asked by the old, white-haired Russian fellow. He’s wearing a yellow bathing suit and has a gut that’s so disfigured and misshapen there must be something wrong…

I followed her to the landing at the foot of her staircase. We sat facing one another in the cramped space; our knees bent. She toed the carpeted stairs, and I toed…

I’m just back from the wilderness of Pennsylvania, with a decent paycheck and free pair of studio monitors to my name. My arrival in Greeley was quiet. I received a brief run-down…