words; images

i thought about it for months and then it took only a few minutes to do

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022

i’m sorry, but i do not remember you

October 1, 2022

not so much trying to understand as trying to do no harm

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022

i enjoy eating pizza, and many other foods

September 25, 2022September 25, 2022

deep down south where my body has never been

September 24, 2022

the guardrail takes a solid light and gives it a flickering

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022

i’m supposed to be mindful so i online shop

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022

the first day of september

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022

if you don’t drink it quickly enough it will be warm before it’s done

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022

mayonnaise on french fries

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

a crowded intersection in northern Vermont

September 18, 2022

in which people are tricked into thinking hoarding resources is anything but mental illness

September 17, 2022

to the bacteria inside of us we are the entire known universe

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

the music across the channel sounded closer than the music in the room

September 14, 2022

to ride a bike in a rainforest

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

ya well what else is there to do on a tuesday

September 13, 2022

a small town is affected by tides

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022

in the Fall i go to northern Chicago suburbs to watch division 3 football games that ended decades ago

September 11, 2022September 11, 2022

i don’t care what you think unless it is about me

September 10, 2022

these flowers were cut long ago, yet look at how beautiful they still are.

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

i had dinner with a friend and then nightmares about it later

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022

an unhurried expression of phenomena

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022

the many conveyances of the intrepid time traveler

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022

i couldn’t tell if she could see me but then she waved

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022

my vote is for the street to be closed all year

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022

the sound we make when we do not make sound

September 2, 2022September 2, 2022

it is not so much piety as it is an inability of words to describe it

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

it moves all by itself

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

i struggled to do the primary function of my job, which was a bit embarrassing

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022

four more hours until it is time to eat and already there is hunger

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022

what i talk about when i talk about talking

August 27, 2022August 27, 2022

morning on cannery street

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

when people ask me “where did you grow up?” i think they are just calling me fat

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022

the north pacific is strewn with islands

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022

the hierarchy of animals

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022

a few women from Honolulu came in so i put down my fork and picked up the thread of laughter that they offered me

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

she told me about “misfits and dreamers” and i knew immediately that i could never match her wisdom

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

i saw the sky and then became it

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

everyone i know is lonely

August 14, 2022September 8, 2022

in bee country one must remain ever vigilant

August 13, 2022August 13, 2022

the goal is to love everyone

August 11, 2022September 7, 2022

a series of minor inconveniences

August 8, 2022

i think i am angry but it’s more likely that i am scared

August 6, 2022

i look at the skyline. it lets me feel better

August 4, 2022

the only way to win is to lose

August 2, 2022

i was an anxious child

July 30, 2022

a few for you and a few for me, too

July 28, 2022

in defense of copies; digital, analog, genetic.

July 25, 2022

emotion in a neutral state

July 17, 2022

how to reduce conceptualization and experience Life as it is

July 2, 2022

in the Chicago Tribune young women write letters to the editor explaining why gangsters are cool

June 28, 2022

for James Wright and the gentle wasting of life

June 25, 2022

if mind has no aim, it is mahamudra

June 19, 2022

my man goes on a diet so switches his pizza topping from pepperoni to chicken

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022

Q101 WKQX

June 4, 2022

allen iverson reminds us to practice

June 3, 2022

adapting old lenses onto new bodies

May 30, 2022

how to have goals when you believe in emptiness

May 28, 2022

teeth are for rich people

May 20, 2022

a form empties itself; a self forms from emptiness

May 16, 2022

the self-consciousness of watching yourself

May 13, 2022

the sun is bright and standing still, it’s alright

May 9, 2022

i don’t climb mountain, mountain climbs me

May 3, 2022

like your friend who gets the sugar cereal and you stay the night at their house and at your home all you get is corn flakes

April 30, 2022

the water tastes like stone and turns our skin softly crystalline when we sweat

April 28, 2022

i won a free pair of shoes at a sporting goods store in Boston because my customer service skills are so undeniable

April 25, 2022

with the increase in daylight caffeine becomes less possible

April 21, 2022

depression is mostly just a repetition of pattern

April 20, 2022

i watched the person walk into the coffee shop, return with two coffees, get back into the vehicle, and drive away

April 17, 2022

i wore glasses and then contacts and then nothing at all

April 13, 2022

it’s sunny outside so people stay away

April 10, 2022

the land was sold to another buyer so the dream of farming it remains a seed

April 8, 2022

they tore out all the trees to make a new ramp yet here they are using the old one

April 5, 2022

i write to her but am not capable of seeing her name so quickly delete her reply

April 2, 2022

the dog takes itself for a walk

March 31, 2022

gold hammers and whitewalls

March 27, 2022

had i known you were bringing a terrified teenager, i likely would have worn different pants

March 23, 2022

forty in less than a day

March 22, 2022

it gets a little lonely in the expansive evening

March 18, 2022

some people forget where they live so they put flags on their vehicles to remind them

March 14, 2022

social media taught me that i am human

March 12, 2022

the next day we nearly slid your gold Toyota Camry off a thickly mudded road

March 10, 2022

humans imagine that other animals feel like they do

March 5, 2022

Valentines Day in the Double Deuce

March 4, 2022

the previous record for rain was just smashed by more than quadruple

February 23, 2022

i am not afraid of virtual reality

February 18, 2022

the parasite inside me is hidden but rarely is it unseen

February 11, 2022

“that’s about all i can do without losing my mind”

February 3, 2022

drink lemon balm tea every day and take walks

January 30, 2022

writing emails to people who are people

January 26, 2022

it can be difficult to make friends when you are a know-it-all

January 20, 2022

ice on a Silver Bay sidewalk; a heart of spruce and pine

January 18, 2022

there’s a 3% fee on every donation but the kindness of it comes through quietly unfettered

January 14, 2022

the lid is pink and the container is glass and inside it, the ginger is yellow and dry

January 13, 2022

the last time i saw that man he shared with me his cocaine and fish

January 10, 2022

usual cold

January 7, 2022January 20, 2022

a looped piano by a human named Emily

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

a group of ravens with plumage puffed to the cold ate garbage unabashedly and stared at me as i got into a car

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021

a dehumidifier turns off; an exhale into silence

December 28, 2021

i had a baby with a woman who makes enough money playing abstract electronic music so that i don’t have to get a job and can put the baby in a sling or a pouch and walk around with it all the time

December 24, 2021