I call Mo from the island of my bed. There are two kinds of fish that can save us. We just have to reach down into our floors when the time is right and they turn to liquid, catch the fish, and suck the life juice out of them. I’m nervous. I have a huge […]
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i lost a phone. not the phone i use. an old phone. a ghost phone. the first cell phone i ever had. i insist we go back and look for it but the girls following say that they looked everywhere behind me and it wasn’t there. on the tv a news anchor is reporting a […]
sitting with friends on a couch. we’re arguing about healthcare. someone needs birth control and we’re trying to explain that they can get a gyne exam at a catholic hospital but they won’t write a script for the pill. it’s different where she’s from so she doesn’t understand. me and the boys shrug. we decide […]
running to class. taking a shortcut i remember like muscle memory in this UK city. i go into a building and take a narrow winding stone staircase up to a bridge that will bring me across the street to the second level of another building. but this bridge is freaking ancient. the sides have mostly […]
in a white farm house like Jaimie’s. i am watching through the windows. there is a kid at the end of the driveway, hitting the ground with a stick and pacing. there is a teenager walking in circles in the yard strewn with leaves. i go out the side door onto the deck and there […]
at the pet store. speedwalking through the aisles. the place is dirty. the glass cases are blurred with fingerprints and gunk. there is hamster bedding everywhere. but i find her. a little baby hannah, just a couple months older than when we first found her. i needed her since the first hannah was getting older […]
last night’s dream was watching a series in class with 2 dudes and denise. and we were making fun of it somewhat, it looked like a live action jungle book or tarzan or something. but asian. and the teacher got mad at us and told us that we weren’t going to see the last episode. […]