I love the way the rain leaves a gloss of water on the back deck that reflects the trees and clouds like chrome. I love the air after a shower that purifies it of dust and leaves an aura of…

Break anything I want? How about Donald Trumps legs? Just joking….(not really)….. There are many other body parts of his I would like to break, but I want to keep this prompt response a little on the decent side…..and this…

when the world wouldn't sleep Why are we not more amazed? We can pick up our feet again. Our feet hold the weight of living. We don’t thank our feet and toes enough for all they carry and hold. Why…

giving into the lesser angel

break anything you want

I yelled at a very nice customer service agent in the Philippines. Fuck Chase. Break it. Break it down. Why am I obsessing about this itinerary? Like there's only one way to do it. I'm breaking with my family with…

Visek stared up at the mecha suit. Polished surfaces reflected the glare of arc lamps. Every hard edge threatened violence. Each rivet promised to hold on as long as possible under a barrage of blows. An oversized rabbit wielding a…

At 18, Agatha was a wife. At 22, she was a widow. The stabbing pain of that loss engulfed her. It was her mother who threw open the windows of her room and demanded that she leave her bed. "Where…

Smitty smelled bad. Was it that red wine he was drinking or was it something else.. They were on the same basketball team. Smitty was in the Marine Corps, he was a lance corporal. I was in the Navy. We…

some rewrite from yesterday and then move on I’d never been pregnant before, I was two weeks late by the time I realized that I might be. I had Keith buy a test at CVS. Abortion care was already illegal…

[fiction, exercise] She wakes up and remembers: today is not like any other day. It's her 54th birthday! 54. Not 55, not a milestone like 50 or 60 or 100. She lays in bed, thinking, when I was 24, 34,…