Dinner was served already a memory:
Warm, heavy, familiar, bearable.
Three days later, Geoff drove Emily to the airport in Dublin to catch a flight back to New Jersey. Sweet with the nectar of new love and grasping one of Geoff’s tweed caps, which he had taken off and given to her in a parting gesture, Emily gave him a tearful hug and promised to keep in touch.
Read More “Destroy it?” someone asked uneasily.
“That’s right. Destroy it.”
I see now that big brother fear//had the strength and muscle to pull out the atrophied qualities in adult life.
Read MoreMy father, gravity, heard the rumor of my death,
Went into his room intending to hide
Pretending the shape of inception.
Scars in small silver lines ran across Jack’s hairless chest. Jack wondered how long it would take before his secret was as open as his shirt.
Read MoreI am a traveler on the journey between lives. Please
hold my hand. I’m scared. Please carry me.
Five good things. Go.
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