Essay. Essay for teacher and to be paraphrased in class. The paragraphs alter slowly like the phases of the sun during the day. I have stared so long at my slow moving prose, blindness starts creeping in. Sitting at home, the pangs of loneliness jump out of the drawers and cannot be scared away by…… Continue reading Best in the ‘verse
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Sanity as Currency (fiction)
She seemed happy, more than I would be after having stabbed a motherfucker. It was contagious. Through all of it we were happy and enjoying each other’s company. Unbelievable. So, how it goes is, when I opened the door of my apartment, my cat ran in covered in this man’s blood. The police interviewed a…… Continue reading Sanity as Currency (fiction)
ki, part ii
Ki, Here’s another Sunday letter, coming to you in the night. Had a good day today. Dinner with the fam was relatively painless. I must be on my grandmother’s good side these days because she again brought up the idea of paying for me to go to Spain a little bit. At this point, I’m…… Continue reading ki, part ii
ki!
Ki, I miss you so much this weekend. I hope you are doing well and are getting through your school work okay. I’m plugging away through mine, albeit a tiny amount compared with yours, I’m sure. The cats are doing fine, and miss you, too! Love, g.
Thursday morning
Mom calls early about my grandmother who is complaining her stomach pains are worse, that she was unable to sleep all through the night. She says she will call back when she knows more. She calls back talking a mile a minute. My grandmother has changed her story, “I’m just sore. I couldn’t sleep only…… Continue reading Thursday morning
“May experience grogginess…”
Tired today. Groggy bastard with the new meds. They’re to clear my chest up, free it, free my mind. Liberate. One can hope. I’m reading, leaned back in my chair, thinking of things. It’s not easy focusing on any one thought drugged up so sleepy. My grandmother is going in for an operation on the…… Continue reading “May experience grogginess…”
single/world body notes
Things are better after having gone to the emergency room for a Cortisone shot in my hip. This was to quell the respiratory infection incurred by seasonal change and the build up of a common cold. The shot was atrocious, felt as if someone pummeled my ass out in the schoolyard. I hobbled back to…… Continue reading single/world body notes
health update
Ki, How are you doing, sweetheart? I’m missing you a hell of a lot. I’ve had not such a wonderuful day, myself. The cats are doing fine, but I came to a point where I thought I was going to die with this cold and asthma combined, and talking to Robin, she urged me that…… Continue reading health update
asthma and mucus combined
so sick with this cold I feel my body is going to drop dead early I hate being sick like this I walk around the block to be closer with nature to try and get better returning sneezing my head off the incense I’ve lit have made a thick air open the windows and cough,…… Continue reading asthma and mucus combined
Awake early
Up early with the asthma and the cats. This has been steady for a couple weeks now, that I can only sleep in 3-4 hour stretches at a time. Oh well. The job search goes the same. I send the resumes out and everyone is quiet. Roanoke is dry and shriveled up to graphic designers.…… Continue reading Awake early