We Regret to Report an Anomaly Kandahar Airfield, January, 2013 You know, it had not been the best day of my life, that day back in the early spring of the year before when my mother had posted on my public Facebook wall that “your doctor’s office called and said your cholesterol is too […]
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Trigger warning: child abuse, sexual assault and violence “Cuz Christy, if you ever show up around here, I’m gonna kick your ass. And you know I can”; her heavy emphasis upon “know” reflected her conviction that she had done so previously. Struggling to appease her fury, I conceded “Baby Sandy. You can kick my […]
Another Failed LDR I taste him in your mouth, his name stretched past three syllables on your frosted tongue. Combination of lime & taffy dreams. Lipstick on your teeth like perfumed blood. Kiss goodbye blotted on the bathroom mirror. You hold phones in place of babies & beaus. Condensed love pressed to your […]
Hardly anyone paid much attention to me until my execution. Or, that isn’t entirely true. I had an incredible amount of attention paid to me when I was a baby. But that attention wasn’t any fun at all. I don’t remember it, but I can be pretty sure. It can’t have been much fun to […]
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