The sometimes traumatic and oftentimes familiar scent of bullshit can come out of nowhere and blindside you with a haymaker, like a fragrant bully whose only goal is to rob you of the loose change you've made during the overtime shift of life. Dinner dates at a mutually favorite restaurant, where you're served an appetizer … Continue reading Bullshit
Month: May 2021
Pseudo Parenting
In a legal and literal sense, my oldest friend is still a father. Unfortunately, about four years ago he gave in to the mental peer pressure of his meth-addled demons and fell off the minivan, losing more than his fair share of teeth in the process. On the way to his new life of becoming … Continue reading Pseudo Parenting
Neon Nightlife
Strangers on the Strip exchange glances while they nightdream of Lady Luck and her fortuitous presence: A Ferrari lifestyle on a Ford budget, An life preserver from the rip currents of debt, Overnight love and a $50 wedding, High-stakes lust in the city of Sin. College kids pose for digital approval as the Strip continues … Continue reading Neon Nightlife
Hi-Tops
Sway across the dance floor in your hi-top Converse and matching black dress, mic in your left hand, too beautiful for my own good. Thoughts speeding through my head like tourists on the Autobahn, drunk on infatuation and irrationality. Make me forget all of the bullshit, the years of circular nothingness and back-alley backstabbing of … Continue reading Hi-Tops
Pirate’s Booty
Heavy-headed, like an anchor plummetting into the depths of the Saturday Blues. You are the sunken treasure, the wreckage in the sand. I ignore the warnings like a Sunday prayer and dive deep, drowning in the obvious.
The Follies of a Postmodern Xennial 