Wrapped in light sheets she held a pillow between her legs. She was comforted imagining him close to her. He wasn’t in the room. He wasn’t in the bed. He wasn’t anywhere. She believed her loneliness and his absence was her own doing. Patterns of unrest and sleepless nights visited her again. Ghosts of love’s […]
Broken
Her pre-frontal cortex was broken. She wasn’t exactly sure when it happened. Maybe that soccer ball that hit her head at 10 years old. Or perhaps it was that one professional boxing match she had when she took a hook punch to the face and landed on the mat for 30 seconds until sniffing salts […]
Proper Use Of Quotations & Declaratives
“I want to talk about this.” “I don’t.” “I want to work through this.” “I don’t.” “I want to communicate to you how I’m feeling.” “I’m not interested.” “So how do you feel?” “I don’t want to talk about this.” “But how do you feel?” “I feel irritated. Frustrated. Tired.” “So you don’t want to […]
Love At First Sight
“Do you believe in love at first sight?”, he asked her. They’d had a perfect date so far and sparks were flying. She paused. Remembering her past. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They had a perfect morning together. Mom woke her up with kisses in bed and whispered in her ear they would make pancakes from scratch together. With […]
Witching Hour
3 AM. She’s up. From sleeping soundly on a porch in the back, to a couch in the living room, and finally to a bed where she knows she’ll sleep better for the night. Until 3 AM. In one moment her eyes will open and her heart will beat wildly and every available red blood […]
Wash Your Hands
Every morning she washed her hands. There was a protocol. First run them under the water for 12 seconds 19 times. Then put soap on them 1 time and rub her hands together for 30 seconds. Run them under the water for 3 seconds 11 times. She’d been doing this for 4 years since October […]
It begins with a Fever
“I’m sure you’ve got it”, he said. She stared blankly at him for a moment before responding, “Got what?” “The virus. It’s taking over everyone.” Then he explained it to her. “It begins with a fever. You want to read everything the media puts out and consume it with a fever. The next symptom is […]
When She Jumped
It’s not possible to want to live another day. There have been too many days in a row filled with suffering. It’s what she thought as she stood over the Hennepin Avenue bridge. She looked into the dark water on an unusually warm evening in early April. Everything had gone sideways in less than 3 […]
An Abort-ion Story
Alone in her sterile room. Only moments ago the doctor and her nurse had left her there on the table. They were pretty nonchalant about it all. You might have some bleeding and discomfort for awhile. Expect some cramping. “You were lucky”, she thought to herself. That was a close call and she didn’t need […]
Perspective
The end of the world was yesterday. She had no idea. She was living gloriously alive in a bunker in the basement of her home since the news broke. It happened swiftly on January of 2056. Within hours, the channels of every platform of every corner of the internet were flooded with news of an […]