i drink coffee with my sister and then tea with her husband and then he leaves to go to sleep and she leaves to go talk with the woman who earlier this year was witness to my failing
a friend criticizes me constructively so i won’t today speak of bruising but rather the humming absence in healing
a woman i disastrously dated years ago might send me garlic and i might still feel the familiar lick of fluttering flame
“Is the flower beautiful because it is ephemeral or is there beauty in a flower as it is simply beautiful?”
my dad’s old dog used to go to its food dish over and over all day because its hope was inexhaustible
a new shirt makes me uncomfortable with my belly and it’ll take more practice to build the strength for tears
i eat cheesesteak in a box Chevy to say thank you to black people in urban centers who save America even though America continues to want them dead
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