Excerpts
4/22/16
Little more than a week and he’ll be two. Terrible two’s. Tumbling toddler sure to make any and all messes in his path, leaving even more for you to clean up after. Few months ago, I was there with you. Sweeping up thrown food from his high-chair. Chasing after him when he got too close […]
5-15-16
26 and still escaping sleep like the plauge. Could it be that I’m attempting the impossible by holding off the dawning of a new day? Worried that waking could lead to God knows what. Some days after waking, there’s no desire in leaving bed. Other days I can’t even rest my head, knowing all of […]
5/23/16
All of my “let’s just be friends” still have my heart. At least, the ones I truly gave it to do. I’ll always love those women. Some of them have once loved me. Some of them still might love me back. It doesn’t just go out the window like that. Yes, I sometimes hold onto […]
8/28/16
Whenever there’s a gaggle of soccer Moms on the dance floor, it’s the same scene. One is too drunk, laughing at herself and her friends while she kicks in the air the way her son Donny does at practice. One is too into the music, feeling herself and on the hunt for young men old […]
8/23/16
Sitting in this elementary school and it’s hard to not think of where you’re gonna send him someday. Not to imagine what his teachers name will be. If he’ll be excited to make new friends. If you’ll ever get so many phone calls from the principals office that you two become best friends. Being around […]
2/26/16
To every straight woman I’ve met that’s ready to test the waters of lesbianism: I don’t know why you all so often choose me to help with your possible transition, but the already shocking and steadily increasing amount of “straight women” I’ve shared lips and limbs with makes me somewhat understand how you’re feeling, see […]
Faulty – 2/11/16
How can I just pretend you don’t exist? I don’t know, but you seem to do it just fine. It was effortless for you to disconnect. Even if you’re not plugged in, your software was downloaded. No matter how many uninstalls and reboots are done, your code is still here like some sort of virus.
Expressionism – Spring 2013
My life as a 20-something has been just that. The mind of a constant mid-life crisis forces me to act my age. Of course, this mid-life crisis has been happening since 14. Almost a decade living as a 20-something; I started underage at nightclubs, then moved on to underage drinking at the bars. They had […]
Expressionism – Lake City – Undated
Here off Highway 61 in a city totting it’s “Birthplace of water-skiing” title, is the same place I parked after that night. Sat right here, in the same car, calling a friend with the news. You and I had decided to keep it hush-hush, yet I had to tell someone. WE WERE ENGAGED! So excited […]
Expressionism – Fall 2012
When I’m good, I’m great. When I’m bad, I’m awful. Enough life has been lived and many mistakes have been made. No need to keep piling problems. But I keep creating them. Mostly in my head. I’m just convincing enough to believe them. It’s almost too easy to blame them on women. Knowing they evoke […]
Long Legs in the Twin Cities 